deacair
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish deccair, from dí- + acar, equivalent to de + acra (“tool, service”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈdʲakəɾʲ/
- (Kerry) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɞkəɾʲ/[1], /ˈdʲakəɾʲ/[2]
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɞkəɾʲ/[3]
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈdʲækəɾʲ/
Adjective
[edit]deacair (genitive singular masculine deacair, genitive singular feminine deacra, plural deacra, comparative deacra)
- hard, difficult
- Synonyms: anacair, anfhurasta, (of terrain) achrannach, doiligh
- Antonyms: furasta, socair
- reluctant [+ le (object)]
- (literary) troublesome
Declension
[edit]Declension of deacair
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | deacair | dheacair | deacra; dheacra² | |
| Vocative | dheacair | deacra | ||
| Genitive | deacra | deacra | deacair | |
| Dative | deacair; dheacair¹ |
dheacair | deacra; dheacra² | |
| Comparative | níos deacra | |||
| Superlative | is deacra | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
[edit]deacair f (genitive singular deacra, nominative plural deacra)
Declension
[edit]Declension of deacair
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| deacair | dheacair | ndeacair |
| 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 18
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 57
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 87
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deccair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deacair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deacair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 226
- “deacair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deacair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm