deabhadh

See also: dèabhadh

Irish

Alternative forms

• deibheadh (archaic)
• deabhaidh

Etymology

From Old Irish debuith (“strife, contention”).

Noun

deabhadh m (genitive singular deabhaidh)

1. hurry, haste

   Tá deabhadh an tsaoil uirthi. ― She’s in a desperate hurry.

   Synonyms: deifir, dithneas

Declension

Declension of deabhadh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative deabhadh Vocative a dheabhaidh Genitive deabhaidh Dative deabhadh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an deabhadh Genitive an deabhaidh Dative leis an deabhadh don deabhadh

Derived terms

• le deabhadh (“in a hurry”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deabhadh	dheabhadh	ndeabhadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “debuith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 deibed (‘haste, hurry’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Template:R:ga:Dinneen
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deabhadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN