deas

English

Noun

deas (plural deases)

1. (Scotland) 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Galician

Verb

deas

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of dar
2. 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

• IPA^(key): /dʲasˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) 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.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deas	dheas	ndeas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "deas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “dess” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Latin

Noun

deās

1. accusative plural of dea

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• 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

Derived terms

Terms derived from deas

• briogadh deis m (“right click”)
• deasaich (“prepare; edit”, verb)
• deas-àiteachadh m (“agriculture”)
• deas-bhriathrach (“eloquent”, adjective)
• deas-bhriathrach (“eloquent”, adjective)
• deas-chainnt f (“eloquence”)

• deas-cheumach (“stately in gait; having a neat manner of walking”, adjective)
• deas-fhacal m (“ready word; smart reply”)
• deas-fhear m (“ambidexter”)
• deas-ghluasad m, deas-iomairt f (“proper gestures”)
• deas-ghnàth m (“ceremony”)
• deas-labhair (“articulate”, verb)

• deas-labhairt m (“eloquence, address, fluency of speech; elocution”)
• deas-labhrach (“eloquent, having a command of language”, adjective)
• deas-làmh f (“right hand”)
• deas-làmhach (“right-handed, ambidexterous; dexterous, “neat-handed.”; ready-handed; of, or pertaining to, a right hand”, adjective)
• deas-làmhachd f (“ambidexterity; dexterity, “neatness” of hand”)
• deiseil (“southward, sunward; clockwise; having a southern exposure; lucky; ready, prepared, finished”)

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

Verb

deas

1. remain, abide

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “dess” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.