dearmadach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • dearmadúil, dearmhadach, dearúdach

Etymology

From Old Irish dermatach.[1] By surface analysis, dearmad +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲaɾˠ(ə)mˠəd̪ˠəx/[2]

Adjective

dearmadach (genitive singular masculine dearmadaigh, genitive singular feminine dearmadaí, plural dearmadacha, comparative dearmadaí)

  1. forgetful, absent-minded
  2. oblivious
    Synonym: dímheabhrach
  3. faulty
    Synonym: lochtach

Declension

Declension of dearmadach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative dearmadach dhearmadach dearmadacha;
dhearmadacha2
vocative dhearmadaigh dearmadacha
genitive dearmadaí dearmadacha dearmadach
dative dearmadach;
dhearmadach1 		dhearmadach;
dhearmadaigh (archaic) 		dearmadacha;
dhearmadacha2
Comparative níos dearmadaí
Superlative is dearmadaí

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 dearmadach
radical lenition eclipsis
dearmadach dhearmadach ndearmadach

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dermatach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 76

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