dligheach

Irish

Adjective

dligheach (genitive singular masculine dlighigh, genitive singular feminine dlighí, plural dligheacha, comparative dlighí)

1. Alternative form of dleathach

Declension

Declension of dligheach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	dligheach	dhligheach	dligheacha; dhligheacha2
vocative	dhlighigh		dligheacha
genitive		dlighí	dligheacha	dligheach
dative	dligheach; dhligheach1	dhligheach; dhlighigh (archaic)	dligheacha; dhligheacha2
Comparative	níos dlighí
Superlative	is dlighí

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 dligheach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dligheach	dhligheach	ndligheach

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dligthech (“lawful; reasonable”); by surface analysis, dlighe +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲli.əx/

Adjective

dligheach

1. lawful, rightful, legitimate

Derived terms

• ain-dligheach

Mutation

Mutation of dligheach

radical	lenition
dligheach	dhligheach

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