deichniúr

Irish

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

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

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 of deichniúr (first declension)

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

Mutated forms of *deichniúr*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
deichniúr	dheichniúr	ndeichniúr

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

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deichenbor”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 22

Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deiċneaḃar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 233
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deichniúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deichniúr”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“deichniúr”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024