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:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative deacht deachtanna
Vocative a dheacht a dheachtanna
Genitive deachta deachtanna
Dative deacht deachtanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case 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)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present deachtaim deachtann tú;
deachtair†		 deachtann sé, sí deachtaimid deachtann sibh deachtann siad;
deachtaid†		 a dheachtann; a dheachtas /
a ndeachtann*; a ndeachtas*		 deachtar
past dheacht mé; dheachtas dheacht tú; dheachtais dheacht sé, sí dheachtamar; dheacht muid dheacht sibh; dheachtabhair dheacht siad; dheachtadar a dheacht /
ar dheacht*		 deachtadh
past habitual dheachtainn / ndeachtainn‡‡ dheachtá / ndeachtᇇ dheachtadh sé, sí / ndeachtadh sé, s퇇 dheachtaimis; dheachtadh muid / ndeachtaimis‡‡; ndeachtadh muid‡‡ dheachtadh sibh / ndeachtadh sibh‡‡ dheachtaidís; dheachtadh siad / ndeachtaidís‡‡; ndeachtadh siad‡‡ a dheachtadh /
a ndeachtadh*		 dheachtaí / ndeachta퇇
future deachtfaidh mé;
deachtfad		 deachtfaidh tú;
deachtfair†		 deachtfaidh sé, sí deachtfaimid;
deachtfaidh muid		 deachtfaidh sibh deachtfaidh siad;
deachtfaid†		 a dheachtfaidh; a dheachtfas /
a ndeachtfaidh*; a ndeachtfas*		 deachtfar
conditional dheachtfainn / ndeachtfainn‡‡ dheachtfá / ndeachtfᇇ dheachtfadh sé, sí / ndeachtfadh sé, s퇇 dheachtfaimis; dheachtfadh muid / ndeachtfaimis‡‡; ndeachtfadh muid‡‡ dheachtfadh sibh / ndeachtfadh sibh‡‡ dheachtfaidís; dheachtfadh siad / ndeachtfaidís‡‡; ndeachtfadh siad‡‡ a dheachtfadh /
a ndeachtfadh*		 dheachtfaí / ndeachtfa퇇
subjunctive 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 deachtaim deacht deachtadh sé, sí deachtaimis deachtaigí;
deachtaidh†		 deachtaidís — deachtar
verbal noun deachtadh
past participle deachta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

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

Further reading

References

Old Irish

Etymology

From día +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲe.axt/

Noun

deacht f

  1. godliness, divinity
  2. godhead
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 25c5
      Foillsigthir as n‑ísel in doínacht íar n‑aicniud húare as in deacht foda·raithmine⟨dar⟩ ⁊ noda·fortachtaigedar.
      It is made clear that the humanity is lowly according to nature because it is the Godhead that remembers it and helps it

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
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
deacht deacht
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/		 ndeacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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