dleathach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • dlitheach
  • dleaghthach, dligheach, dlighteach, dlightheach, dlíghtheach, dlighthioch (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

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

Declension

Declension of dleathach
Positive singular plural
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

Mutation

Mutated forms of dleathach
radical lenition eclipsis
dleathach dhleathach ndleathach

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

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