deichniúr

Irish

deichniúr

From Middle Irish dechnebor, dechneabur, from Old Irish dechenbor.

deichniúr m (genitive singular deichniúr, nominative plural deichniúir) (triggers no mutation)

a group of ten people

Cailleadh deichniúr saighdiúirí sa chath.
Ten soldiers died in the battle.
decade (series of ten Hail Marys in the Rosary)

Generally used with the genitive plural when referring to human beings; also sometimes used with other nouns, especially if the things they denote are being personified.

Declension of deichniúr

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an deichniúr	na deichniúir
Genitive	an deichniúir	na ndeichniúr
Dative	leis an deichniúr don deichniúr	leis na deichniúir

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deichniúr	dheichniúr	ndeichniúr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

“deichenbor” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“deiċneaḃar” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"deichniúr" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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