deighil

Irish

Alternative forms

• deaghlaigh

Etymology

From Middle Irish dedlaid.

Verb

deighil (present analytic deighleann, future analytic deighilfidh, verbal noun deighilt, past participle deighilte)

1. (transitive) part, separate (one thing from another), split

   Synonyms: dealaigh, scar

2. (transitive) divide, partition, segment

Conjugation

verbal noun	deighilt
past participle	deighilte
tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative
present	deighlim	deighleann tú; deighlir†	deighleann sé, sí	deighlimid	deighleann sibh	deighleann siad; deighlid†	a dheighleann; a dheighleas / a ndeighleann*	deighiltear
past	dheighil mé; dheighleas	dheighil tú; dheighlis	dheighil sé, sí	dheighleamar; dheighil muid	dheighil sibh; dheighleabhair	dheighil siad; dheighleadar	a dheighil / ar dheighil*	deighleadh
past habitual	dheighlinn / ndeighlinn‡‡	dheighilteá / ndeighilteᇇ	dheighleadh sé, sí / ndeighleadh sé, s퇇	dheighlimis; dheighleadh muid / ndeighlimis‡‡; ndeighleadh muid‡‡	dheighleadh sibh / ndeighleadh sibh‡‡	dheighlidís; dheighleadh siad / ndeighlidís‡‡; ndeighleadh siad‡‡	a dheighleadh / a ndeighleadh*	dheighiltí / ndeighilt퇇
future	deighilfidh mé; deighilfead	deighilfidh tú; deighilfir†	deighilfidh sé, sí	deighilfimid; deighilfidh muid	deighilfidh sibh	deighilfidh siad; deighilfid†	a dheighilfidh; a dheighilfeas / a ndeighilfidh*	deighilfear
conditional	dheighilfinn / ndeighilfinn‡‡	dheighilfeá / ndeighilfeᇇ	dheighilfeadh sé, sí / ndeighilfeadh sé, s퇇	dheighilfimis; dheighilfeadh muid / ndeighilfimis‡‡; ndeighilfeadh muid‡‡	dheighilfeadh sibh / ndeighilfeadh sibh‡‡	dheighilfidís; dheighilfeadh siad / ndeighilfidís‡‡; ndeighilfeadh siad‡‡	a dheighilfeadh / a ndeighilfeadh*	dheighilfí / ndeighilf퇇
subjunctive
present	go ndeighle mé; go ndeighlead†	go ndeighle tú; go ndeighlir†	go ndeighle sé, sí	go ndeighlimid; go ndeighle muid	go ndeighle sibh	go ndeighle siad; go ndeighlid†	—	go ndeighiltear
past	dá ndeighlinn	dá ndeighilteá	dá ndeighleadh sé, sí	dá ndeighlimis; dá ndeighleadh muid	dá ndeighleadh sibh	dá ndeighlidís; dá ndeighleadh siad	—	dá ndeighiltí
imperative
–	deighlim	deighil	deighleadh sé, sí	deighlimis	deighligí; deighlidh†	deighlidís	—	deighiltear

conjugation of deighil (first conjugation – B)

*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

• deighleog f (“segment”, noun)

Mutation

Mutated forms of deighil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
deighil	dheighil	ndeighil

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) “deighil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dedlaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “deaġluiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deighil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “deighil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025