deimhin
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish demin (“sure, certain, undoubted”) (compare Scottish Gaelic deimhinn).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]deimhin (genitive singular masculine deimhin, genitive singular feminine deimhne, plural deimhne, comparative deimhne)
Declension
[edit]Declension of deimhin
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | deimhin | dheimhin | deimhne; dheimhne² | |
Vocative | dheimhin | deimhne | ||
Genitive | deimhne | deimhne | deimhin | |
Dative | deimhin; dheimhin¹ |
dheimhin | deimhne; dheimhne² | |
Comparative | níos deimhne | |||
Superlative | is deimhne |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
[edit]- (certain): deimhneach
Noun
[edit]deimhin f (genitive singular deimhne)
Declension
[edit]Declension of deimhin
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
[edit]- (certainty): deimhne
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
deimhin | dheimhin | ndeimhin |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 26
Further reading
[edit]- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 82
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deimhin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN