deireanach

Irish

Alternative forms

deireannach

Etymology

From Middle Irish deiredach; synchronically analyzable as a modification of deireadh +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲənˠəx/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲənˠa(h)/

Adjective

deireanach (genitive singular masculine deireanaigh, genitive singular feminine deireanaí, plural deireanacha, comparative deireanaí)

last
late
1. (after proper time)
2. (advanced in time)
1. latter, recent
2. last, latest

Declension

Declension of deireanach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	deireanach	dheireanach	deireanacha; dheireanacha²
Vocative	dheireanaigh	dheireanach	deireanacha
Genitive	dheireanaigh	deireanaí	deireanacha	deireanach
Dative	deireanach; dheireanach¹	dheireanach; dheireanaigh (archaic)	deireanacha; dheireanacha²
Comparative	níos deireanaí
Superlative	is deireanaí

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
deireanach	dheireanach	ndeireanach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

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