dealaigh
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish deiligid.
Verb
editdealaigh (present analytic dealaíonn, future analytic dealóidh, verbal noun dealú, past participle dealaithe)
- (transitive) part, separate
- (transitive) distinguish, differentiate
- (transitive) take away
- (transitive, intransitive, mathematics) subtract (ó (“from”))
- (intransitive with le) depart
- Dealóidh mé liom. ― I'll leave.
Conjugation
editconjugation of dealaigh (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
edit- scagdhealaigh
- sodhealaithe (“easily separated; isolable”)
Mutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
---|---|---|
dealaigh | dhealaigh | ndealaigh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dealaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deiligidir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dealuiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 229
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dealaigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “dealaigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024