deichniúr

Irish
deichniúr

Alternative forms
  • deichneabhar (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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

Usage notes
  • 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
Declension of deichniúr

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative deichniúr deichniúir
Vocative a dheichniúir a dheichniúra
Genitive deichniúir deichniúr
Dative deichniúr deichniúir

Forms with the definite article:

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

don deichniúr

 leis na deichniúir
  • deich (“ten”) (non-personal)

Mutation
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.

References
  • “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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