deagha

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dedga (“centaury”).

Noun

deagha m (genitive singular deagha)

  1. centaury

Declension
Declension of deagha

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative deagha
Vocative a dheagha
Genitive deagha
Dative deagha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an deagha
Genitive an deagha
Dative leis an deagha

don deagha

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
deagha dheagha ndeagha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "deagha" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “dedga” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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