deacht

See also: déacht

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

deacht m (genitive singular deachta, nominative plural deachtanna)

  1. dictum
Declension
Declension of deacht (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative deacht deachtanna
vocative a dheacht a dheachtanna
genitive deachta deachtanna
dative deacht deachtanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an deacht na deachtanna
genitive an deachta na ndeachtanna
dative leis an deacht
don deacht 		leis na deachtanna
  • deachtóir m (“dictator”)

Etymology 2

See deachtaigh.

Verb

deacht (present analytic deachtann, future analytic deachtfaidh, verbal noun deachtadh, past participle deachta)

  1. (transitive) alternative form of deachtaigh (“indite, compose; direct, instruct; dictate”)
Conjugation
Conjugation of deacht (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present deachtaim deachtann tú;
deachtair† 		deachtann sé, sí deachtaimid; deachtann muid deachtann sibh deachtann siad;
deachtaid† 		a dheachtann; a dheachtas deachtar
past dheacht mé; dheachtas dheacht tú; dheachtais dheacht sé, sí dheachtamar; dheacht muid dheacht sibh; dheachtabhair dheacht siad; dheachtadar a dheacht deachtadh
past habitual dheachtainn /
deachtainn‡ 		dheachtá /
deachtᇠ		dheachtadh sé, sí /
deachtadh sé, sí‡ 		dheachtaimis; dheachtadh muid /
deachtaimis‡; deachtadh muid‡ 		dheachtadh sibh /
deachtadh sibh‡ 		dheachtaidís; dheachtadh siad /
deachtaidís‡; deachtadh siad‡ 		a dheachtadh dheachtaí /
deachtaí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future deachtfaidh mé;
deachtfad 		deachtfaidh tú;
deachtfair† 		deachtfaidh sé, sí deachtfaimid;
deachtfaidh muid 		deachtfaidh sibh deachtfaidh siad;
deachtfaid† 		a dheachtfaidh; a dheachtfas deachtfar
conditional dheachtfainn /
deachtfainn‡ 		dheachtfá /
deachtfᇠ		dheachtfadh sé, sí /
deachtfadh sé, sí‡ 		dheachtfaimis; dheachtfadh muid /
deachtfaimis‡; deachtfadh muid‡ 		dheachtfadh sibh /
deachtfadh sibh‡ 		dheachtfaidís; dheachtfadh siad /
deachtfaidís‡; deachtfadh siad‡ 		a dheachtfadh dheachtfaí /
deachtfaí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go ndeachta mé;
go ndeachtad† 		go ndeachta tú;
go ndeachtair† 		go ndeachta sé, sí go ndeachtaimid;
go ndeachta muid 		go ndeachta sibh go ndeachta siad;
go ndeachtaid† 		— go ndeachtar
past dá ndeachtainn dá ndeachtá dá ndeachtadh sé, sí dá ndeachtaimis;
dá ndeachtadh muid 		dá ndeachtadh sibh dá ndeachtaidís;
dá ndeachtadh siad 		— dá ndeachtaí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— deachtaim deacht deachtadh sé, sí deachtaimis deachtaigí;
deachtaidh† 		deachtaidís — deachtar
past participle deachta
verbal noun deachtadh

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of deacht
radical lenition eclipsis
deacht dheacht ndeacht

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

Further reading

References

Old Irish

Etymology

From día (“god”) +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd̠ʲe.axt̪/

Noun

deacht f

  1. godliness, divinity
  2. godhead

For quotations using this term, see Citations:deacht.

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative deachtL — —
vocative deachtL — —
accusative deachtaN — —
genitive deachtaeH — —
dative deachtaL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of deacht
radical lenition nasalization
deacht deacht
pronounced with /ðʲ-/		 ndeacht

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

Further reading

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