déanamh

See also: dèanamh

Irish

Alternative forms

• deunamh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish dénum (“act of doing; performing, executing, committing, perpetrating; act of making, creating; making out, proving; going, making towards”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeːn̪ˠə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiːn̪ˠə/, /ˈdʲɪn̪ˠə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeːnˠuː/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeːnˠu/

Noun

déanamh m (genitive singular as substantive déanaimh, genitive as verbal noun déanta)

1. verbal noun of déan
2. doing, making; make
   1. (of goods) production, manufacture
   2. (music) composition
   3. (card games) deal
   4. (biology, physics) structure
3. 1. ability to do, to make
   2. sufficiency

Declension

Verbal noun

Declension of déanamh

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative déanamh Vocative a dhéanamh Genitive déanta Dative déanamh

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an déanamh Genitive an déanta Dative leis an déanamh don déanamh

Substantive

Declension of déanamh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative déanamh Vocative a dhéanaimh Genitive déanaimh Dative déanamh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an déanamh Genitive an déanaimh Dative leis an déanamh don déanamh

Derived terms

• athdhéanamh m (“reconstruction; revision”)
• comhdhéanamh m (“constitution, structure, composition”)
• imdhéanamh m (“ornamenting; ornament, embroidery”)
• lámhdhéanamh m (“deal”) (of cards)
• leathdhéanamh m (“poor construction, poor manufacture”, literally “half-doing”)
• mídhéanamh m (“malformation”)
• réamhdhéanamh m (“prefabrication”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
déanamh	dhéanamh	ndéanamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “déanamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dénum”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “déanamh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “déanamh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024