# deacht
## Irish
### Etymology 1

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#### Noun

deacht m (genitive singular deachta, nominative plural deachtanna)
* dictum

##### Declension

Third declension

##### Related terms

* deachtóir m (“dictator”)

### Etymology 2

See deachtaigh.

#### Verb

deacht (present analytic deachtann, future analytic deachtfaidh, verbal noun deachtadh, past participle deachta)
* (transitive) Alternative form of deachtaigh (“indite, compose; direct, instruct; dictate”)

##### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | deachtaim | deachtann tú; deachtair$^†$ | deachtann sé, sí | deachtaimid | deachtann sibh | deachtann siad; deachtaid$^†$ | a dheachtann; a dheachtas / a ndeachtann* | deachtar |
| indicative | past | dheacht mé; dheachtas | dheacht tú; dheachtais | dheacht sé, sí | dheachtamar; dheacht muid | dheacht sibh; dheachtabhair | dheacht siad; dheachtadar | a dheacht / ar dheacht* | deachtadh |
| indicative | past habitual | dheachtainn / ndeachtainn‡‡ | dheachtá / ndeachtá‡‡ | dheachtadh sé, sí / ndeachtadh sé, sí‡‡ | dheachtaimis; dheachtadh muid / ndeachtaimis‡‡; ndeachtadh muid‡‡ | dheachtadh sibh / ndeachtadh sibh‡‡ | dheachtaidís; dheachtadh siad / ndeachtaidís‡‡; ndeachtadh siad‡‡ | a dheachtadh / a ndeachtadh* | dheachtaí / ndeachtaí‡‡ |
| future | future | deachtfaidh mé; deachtfad | deachtfaidh tú; deachtfair$^†$ | deachtfaidh sé, sí | deachtfaimid; deachtfaidh muid | deachtfaidh sibh | deachtfaidh siad; deachtfaid$^†$ | a dheachtfaidh; a dheachtfas / a ndeachtfaidh* | deachtfar |
| conditional | conditional | dheachtfainn / ndeachtfainn‡‡ | dheachtfá / ndeachtfá‡‡ | dheachtfadh sé, sí / ndeachtfadh sé, sí‡‡ | dheachtfaimis; dheachtfadh muid / ndeachtfaimis‡‡; ndeachtfadh muid‡‡ | dheachtfadh sibh / ndeachtfadh sibh‡‡ | dheachtfaidís; dheachtfadh siad / ndeachtfaidís‡‡; ndeachtfadh siad‡‡ | a dheachtfadh / a ndeachtfadh* | dheachtfaí / ndeachtfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go ndeachta mé; go ndeachtad$^†$ | go ndeachta tú; go ndeachtair$^†$ | go ndeachta sé, sí | go ndeachtaimid; go ndeachta muid | go ndeachta sibh | go ndeachta siad; go ndeachtaid$^†$ | — | go ndeachtar |
| subjunctive | past | dá ndeachtainn | dá ndeachtá | dá ndeachtadh sé, sí | dá ndeachtaimis; dá ndeachtadh muid | dá ndeachtadh sibh | dá ndeachtaidís; dá ndeachtadh siad | — | dá ndeachtaí |
| imperative | imperative | deachtaim | deacht | deachtadh sé, sí | deachtaimis | deachtaigí; deachtaidh$^†$ | deachtaidís | — | deachtar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | deachtadh | deachtadh | deachtadh | deachtadh | deachtadh | deachtadh | deachtadh | deachtadh |
| past participle | past participle | deachta | deachta | deachta | deachta | deachta | deachta | deachta | deachta |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### Further reading

* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From día +‎ -acht.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdʲe.axt/

### Noun

deacht f
* godliness, divinity
* godhead
** c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 25$^c$5
    Foillsigthir as n‑ísel in doínacht íar n‑aicniud húare as in deacht foda·raithmine⟨dar⟩ ⁊ noda·fortachtaigedar.It is made clear that the humanity is lowly according to nature because it is the Godhead that remembers it and helps it

#### Inflection

Feminine ā-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | deacht$^L$ | — | — |
| Vocative | deacht$^L$ | — | — |
| Accusative | deachta$^N$ | — | — |
| Genitive | deachtae$^H$ | — | — |
| Dative | deachta$^L$ | — | — |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deacht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language