dáiríre

Irish

Alternative forms

• dá ríribh (obsolete)
• dáirírí, dáiríribh

Etymology

From Middle Irish darírib, apparently from de ḟírib (literally “from truths”), but the source of the first r is unclear; it may have arise through conflation with expressions like ar fír (literally “on truth”) and iar fír (literally “through truth”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɑːˈɾʲiːɾʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠæˈɾʲiːɾʲə/

Adverb

dáiríre

1. seriously, in earnest

Derived terms

• dáiríre fíre, dáiríre píre (“really and truly”)
• i ndáiríre (“in earnest”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dáiríre	dháiríre	ndáiríre
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “darírib”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dá ríriḃ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 225
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dáiríre”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN