deagánach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish decánach (“dean”), from decán, from a conflation of Latin diaconus (“deacon, minister”) and decānus (“leader of ten people”).

Noun

deagánach m (genitive singular deagánaigh, nominative plural deagánaigh)

  1. (Christianity) deacon

Declension
Declension of deagánach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative deagánach deagánaigh
Vocative a dheagánaigh a dheagánacha
Genitive deagánaigh deagánach
Dative deagánach deagánaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an deagánach na deagánaigh
Genitive an deagánaigh na ndeagánach
Dative leis an deagánach

don deagánach

 leis na deagánaigh

Coordinate terms

Derived terms
  • deagántacht (“deaconship”)

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