deireadh
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Irish [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Old Irish deired.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
deireadh m (genitive deiridh, nominative plural deirí)
- end (of a period of time; a story; an item)
- finish
- conclusion
- stern (of a boat)
Declension [edit]
Declension of deireadh
Derived terms [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Old Irish at·beired (“was saying it”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.
Pronunciation [edit]
Imperfect, past subjunctive, and imperative analytic forms:
- (Munster) IPA: [ˈdʲɛɾʲəx]
- (Galway) IPA: [ˈdʲɛɾʲətʲ] (before sé, sí, sibh); [ˈdʲɛɾʲəx] (elsewhere)
- (Mayo) IPA: [ˈdʲɛɾʲətʲ] (before sé, sí, sibh); [ˈdʲɛɾʲuː] (elsewhere)
- (Ulster) IPA: [ˈdʲɛɾʲətʲ] (before sé, sí, sibh); [ˈdʲɛɾʲu] (elsewhere)
Past indicative autonomous form:
Verb [edit]
deireadh
- imperfect analytic of abair
- past subjunctive analytic of abair
- imperative analytic of abair
- past indicative autonomous of abair
Usage notes [edit]
Like all d-initial forms of abair, this term is immune to lenition and does not undergo eclipsis after the interrogative particle an.
- Imperfect and past subjunctive: Used with a noun or pronoun (in the standard language, sé, sí, sibh, or their emphatic equivalents) as the subject.
- Imperative: Used with a noun or pronoun (in the standard language, sé, sí, or their emphatic equivalents) as the subject.
Mutation [edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| deireadh | dheireadh | ndeireadh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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Scottish Gaelic [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Irish deired.
Noun [edit]
deireadh m (genitive deiridh, plural deiridhean)
- end (of a period of time)
- Thèid mi ann a-rithist aig deireadh a' mhìosa. - I'll go there again at the end of the month.
Derived terms [edit]
References [edit]
- Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Eneas Mackay, 1911
