deas

English

Noun

deas (plural deases)

1. (Scotland) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of dais

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “deas”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Galician

Verb

deas

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) second-person singular present subjunctive of dar
2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) second-person singular negative imperative of dar

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dess (“right-hand; south; right, just; convenient, agreeable”), from Proto-Celtic *dexswos, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱswo-, from *deḱs- (“right-hand side”).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /dʲasˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /dʲæsˠ/

Adverb

deas

1. (destination) south, southerly, to the south

Usage notes

• This word refers only to the ultimate destination of movement (i.e., "to the south").

Synonyms

• aduaidh

Antonyms

• aneas

Derived terms

• ó dheas (“southwards”)

See also

• deisceart (noun)
• theas (position)
• tuaisceart
• thuaidh

Adjective

deas (genitive singular masculine deis, genitive singular feminine deise, plural deasa, comparative deise)

1. right, right-hand (opposite of left)

Declension

Declension of deas

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	deas	dheas	deasa; dheasa²
Vocative	dheis		deasa
Genitive		deise	deasa	deas
Dative	deas; dheas¹	dheas; dheis (archaic)	deasa; dheasa²
Comparative	níos deise
Superlative	is deise

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Adjective

deas (comparative deise)

1. (used predicatively) near, close; convenient (~ do (“to”))

Adjective

deas (genitive singular masculine deas, genitive singular feminine deise, plural deasa, comparative deise)

1. right, correct (opposite of wrong)
2. nice
3. pretty
4. honest
5. straight

Usage notes

In the senses ‘nice’ and ‘pretty’, this adjective takes the adverbial construction go deas when used predicatively after a form of bí:

• Tá an crann seo go deas. ― This tree is nice/pretty.

Declension

Declension of deas

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	deas	dheas	deasa; dheasa²
Vocative	dheas		deasa
Genitive		deise	deasa	deas
Dative	deas; dheas¹	dheas	deasa; dheasa²
Comparative	níos deise
Superlative	is deise

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) deās

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) accusative plural of dea

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛs/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dess (“right-hand; south; right, just; convenient, agreeable”), from Proto-Celtic *dexswos, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱswo-, from *deḱs- (“right-hand side”).

Adjective

deas (comparative deise)

1. ready, prepared, accomplished
2. right, right-hand
3. adroit, dexterous, skillful, expert
4. trim, spruce
5. erect

Synonyms

• (right): ceart

Antonyms

• (right): ceàrr, clì
• (adroit, dexterous): mì-dheas, aindeas

Noun

deas f (genitive singular deise, plural deasan)

1. south

Antonyms

• tuath

Derived terms

• a deas

Adjective

deas (comparative deise)

1. southern, south

Etymology 2

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

deas

1. remain, abide

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “deas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language