díothach

Irish

Etymology

From díth (“loss; deprivation, destruction; want, lack; need, requirement”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

díothach (genitive singular masculine díothaigh, genitive singular feminine díothaí, plural díothacha, comparative díothaí)

wanting, deficient
needy, destitute
Alternative form of díothaitheach (“destructive, ruinous”)

Declension

Declension of díothach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	díothach	dhíothach	díothacha; dhíothacha²
Vocative	dhíothaigh	dhíothach	díothacha
Genitive	dhíothaigh	díothaí	díothacha	díothach
Dative	díothach; dhíothach¹	dhíothach; dhíothaigh (archaic)	díothacha; dhíothacha²
Comparative	níos díothaí
Superlative	is díothaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

uireasach (“wanting, deficient”)

Related terms

díothacht f (“want, destitution”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
díothach	dhíothach	ndíothach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"díothach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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