deimheas
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish demess, from Proto-Celtic *dwimessos, from *dwi- (“double”) + *meteti (“to cut, reap”).[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
deimheas m (genitive singular deimhis, nominative plural deimhis)
- (pair of) shears (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
- (pair of) clippers
- Synonym: bearrthóir
- (pair of) scissors
- Synonym: siosúr
Declension[edit]
Declension of deimheas
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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References[edit]
- ^ Pedersen, Holger (1909) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume I, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 162
- ^ Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 34
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 82
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “deimes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deiṁeas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 234
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deimheas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *met-
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish first-declension nouns
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