deachúlach

Irish

Etymology

From deachúil +‎ -ach.

Adjective

deachúlach (genitive singular masculine deachúlaigh, genitive singular feminine deachúlaí, plural deachúlacha, not comparable)

1. (arithmetic) decimal

   Synonym: deachúil

Declension

Declension of deachúlach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	deachúlach	dheachúlach	deachúlacha; dheachúlacha2
vocative	dheachúlaigh		deachúlacha
genitive		deachúlaí	deachúlacha	deachúlach
dative	deachúlach; dheachúlach1	dheachúlach; dheachúlaigh (archaic)	deachúlacha; dheachúlacha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of deachúlach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
deachúlach	dheachúlach	ndeachúlach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deachúlach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deachúlach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “deachúlach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024