deas
English
Noun
deas (plural deases)
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)
Anagrams
Galician
Verb
deas
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
Usage notes
- This word refers only to the ultimate destination of movement (i.e., "to the south").
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
See also
- deisceart (noun)
- theas (position)
- tuaisceart
- thuaidh
Adjective
deas (genitive singular masculine deis, genitive singular feminine deise, plural deasa, comparative deise)
- right, right-hand (opposite of left)
Declension
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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.
Derived terms
Adjective
deas (comparative deise)
- (used predicatively) near, close; convenient (~ do (“to”))
Adjective
deas (genitive singular masculine deas, genitive singular feminine deise, plural deasa, comparative deise)
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
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
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Latin
Noun
(deprecated template usage) deās
- accusative plural of dea
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
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)
- ready, prepared, accomplished
- right, right-hand
- adroit, dexterous, skillful, expert
- trim, spruce
- erect
Synonyms
- (right): ceart
Antonyms
Derived terms
- briogadh deis m (“right click”)
- 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-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”)
- deas-làmh f (“right hand”)
- deasaich (“prepare; edit”, verb)
- deiseil (“southward, sunward; clockwise; having a southern exposure; lucky; ready, prepared, finished”)
Noun
deas f (genitive singular deise, plural deasan)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Adjective
deas (comparative deise)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
deas
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “deas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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