déanfasach
Irish
Alternative forms
- déanasach, deánfasach, deánfásach, déantasach, díonasach, díonthasach
Pronunciation
Adjective
déanfasach (genitive singular masculine déanfasaigh, genitive singular feminine déanfasaí, plural déanfasacha, comparative déanfasaí)
- industrious
- Synonyms: saothrach, dlúsúil
- busybodyish
Declension
Declension of déanfasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | déanfasach | dhéanfasach | déanfasacha; dhéanfasacha² | |
| Vocative | dhéanfasaigh | déanfasacha | ||
| Genitive | déanfasaí | déanfasacha | déanfasach | |
| Dative | déanfasach; dhéanfasach¹ |
dhéanfasach; dhéanfasaigh (archaic) |
déanfasacha; dhéanfasacha² | |
| Comparative | níos déanfasaí | |||
| Superlative | is déanfasaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| déanfasach | dhéanfasach | ndéanfasach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 71
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “déanasaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 229
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “déanfasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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