déistin

See also: deistin and Deistin

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish déistin, déisden, from Old Irish *détsin (compare détsinigidir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeːʃtʲənʲ/

Noun

déistin f (genitive singular déistine)

1. distaste, nausea
2. disgust, loathing

Declension

Declension of déistin

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative déistin Vocative a dhéistin Genitive déistine Dative déistin

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an déistin Genitive na déistine Dative leis an déistin don déistin

Derived terms

• déistineach (“distasteful, nauseating; disgusting, loathsome”, adjective)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “déistin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “déistin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language