dea-labhartha

Irish

Alternative forms

• dea-labharthach, deaslabhartha
• deaghlabhartha, deagh-labhartha, deaghlabharthach, deagh-labharthach, deigh-labhartha (obsolete)

Etymology

From dea- +‎ labhartha.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeːlˠoːɾˠhə/, /ˈdʲeːl̪ˠoːɾˠhə/

Adjective

dea-labhartha

1. well-spoken, eloquent

   Synonym: dea-bhriathrach

Declension

Declension of dealabhartha

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	dealabhartha	dhealabhartha	dealabhartha; dhealabhartha2
vocative	dhealabhartha		dealabhartha
genitive		dealabhartha	dealabhartha	dealabhartha
dative	dealabhartha; dhealabhartha1	dhealabhartha	dealabhartha; dhealabhartha2
Comparative	níos dealabhartha
Superlative	is dealabhartha

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of dea-labhartha

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dea-labhartha	dhea-labhartha	ndea-labhartha

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “dea-labhartha”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deaġ-laḃarṫaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 227
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dea-labhartha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 82