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dleathach

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish dligthech (“lawful; reasonable”); by surface analysis, dlí +‎ -ach.

Adjective

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dleathach (genitive singular masculine dleathaigh, genitive singular feminine dleathaí, plural dleathacha, comparative dleathaí)

  1. lawful
  2. legal
  3. just
    Synonym: cóir

Declension

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Declension of dleathach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative dleathach dhleathach dleathacha;
dhleathacha²
Vocative dhleathaigh dleathacha
Genitive dleathaí dleathacha dleathach
Dative dleathach;
dhleathach¹ 		dhleathach;
dhleathaigh (archaic) 		dleathacha;
dhleathacha²
Comparative níos dleathaí
Superlative is dleathaí

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

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dleathach dhleathach ndleathach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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