de dheoin

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠəˈjoːnʲ/

Adverb

de dheoin

1. intentionally, willingly

   Antonym: d'ainneoin

Preposition

de dheoin (plus genitive or possessive determiner, triggers no mutation)

1. intentionally or willingly on the part of, of (someone's) own accord
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 86:

     bə rī wȧ lm̥ fis ə ve ām, mā rińə šē ē dā jōn fēn.

     [Ba rí-mhaith liom fios a bheith agam má rinne sé é dá dheoin féin.]

     I would very much like to know if he did it of his own accord.

Inflection

Inflection of de dheoin

Person	Normal	Emphatic
1st person sing.	de mo dheoin	de mo dheoinse
2d person sing.	de do dheoin	de do dheoinse
3d sing. masc.	dá dheoin	dá dheoinsean
3d sing. fem.	dá deoin	dá deoinse
1st person pl.	dár ndeoin	dár ndeoin-ne
2d person pl.	de bhur ndeoin	de bhur ndeoinse
3d person pl.	dá ndeoin	dá ndeoinsean

Further reading

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