dea-dhéanta

Irish

Alternative forms

• dea-dhíonta (Connacht)

Etymology

From dea- (“good, well-”) +‎ déanta (“made”).

Adjective

dea-dhéanta (genitive singular masculine dhea-dhéanta, genitive singular feminine dea-dhéanta, plural dea-dhéanta, comparative dea-dhéanta)

1. well-made
2. of good figure, physique

Declension

Declension of dea-dhéanta

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	dea-dhéanta	dhea-dhéanta	dea-dhéanta; dhea-dhéanta²
Vocative	dhea-dhéanta		dea-dhéanta
Genitive		dea-dhéanta	dea-dhéanta	dea-dhéanta
Dative	dea-dhéanta; dhea-dhéanta¹	dhea-dhéanta	dea-dhéanta; dhea-dhéanta²
Comparative	níos dea-dhéanta
Superlative	is dea-dhéanta

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
dea-dhéanta	dhea-dhéanta	ndea-dhéanta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dea-dhéanta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN