deirtear

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

deirtear

  1. autonomous present indicative/subjunctive/imperative 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.

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
deirtear dheirtear ndeirtear
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 78
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 98