deic

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English deck.

Noun

deic f (genitive singular deice, nominative plural deiceanna)

1. (card games, nautical) deck

Declension

Declension of deic (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative deic deica vocative a dheic a dheica genitive deice deic dative deic deica forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an deic na deica genitive na deice na ndeic dative leis an deic don deic leis na deica

Derived terms

• ar deic (“on deck, above deck”)
• cathaoir deice (“deck-chair”)
• deic cheathrún (“quarterdeck”)
• deic cheirníní (“record deck”)
• deic dheiridh (“poop deck, stern deck”)
• deic droichid (“bridge deck”) (construction)
• deic eitilte (“flight deck”) (on ship)
• deic foscaidh, deic spaisteoireachta, deic stoirme (“promenade deck”)
• deic ghunnaí (“gun deck”)
• deic gréine (“sun deck”)
• deic íochtair (“orlop”)
• deic thosaigh (“forecastle”)
• faoi dheic, faoin deic (“below deck”)
• log deice (“well-deck”)
• os cionn deice (“above deck”)
• solas deice (“deck-light”)
• teach deice (“deck-house”)
• teach lár deice (“roundhouse”) (for trains)
• trasdeic (“bridge deck”) (nautical)

Mutation

Mutated forms of deic

radical	lenition	eclipsis
deic	dheic	ndeic

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deic”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “deic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

deic f (genitive singular deice, plural deicean or deiceannan)

1. deck

Mutation

Mutation of deic

radical	lenition
deic	dheic

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