deireadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish deired.

Alternative forms

• deire

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeɾʲə/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeɾʲə(vˠ)/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeɾʲuː/

Noun

deireadh m (genitive singular deiridh, nominative plural deirí)

1. end (of a period of time, story, object, etc.), finish, conclusion
2. (nautical) stern (of a boat, ship)

Declension

Declension of deireadh (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative deireadh deirí vocative a dheiridh a dheirí genitive deiridh deirí dative deireadh deirí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an deireadh na deirí genitive an deiridh na ndeirí dative leis an deireadh don deireadh leis na deirí

Derived terms

• an ball is mó ar deireadh
• an meall is mó ar deireadh
• ar a ingne deiridh (“of animal: rearing, rampant”)
• ar an dé deiridh
• ar deireadh (“left behind; behindhand; at death's door”)
• ar lorg a deiridh (“sternways”)
• as a dheireadh (“eventually, at the heel of the hunt”)
• as deireadh na cúise (“finally, in the heel of the hunt”)
• bád a cheangal as a deireadh (“make fast a boat astern”)
• bí chun deiridh le rud
• bí faoi dheireadh le rud (“be behindhand with something”)
• cábán deiridh (“after-cabin”)
• ceathrú deiridh (“hindquarter”)
• chun deiridh (“behind, behindhand”)
• clár deiridh (“tail-board”)
• cóimheas deiridh (“ultimate ratio”)
• cos deiridh
• crann deiridh
• cuntas deiridh
• deireadh a chur le rud (“end something”)
• Deireadh Fómhair
• deireadh gealaí (“last phase of moon”)
• deireadh na Nollag (“the last days of Christmas”)
• deireadh seachtaine
• duine a chur chun deiridh (“set someone back”)
• dul chun deiridh (“fall behind, fail”)
• fág ar deireadh (“leave to the last; pass over; outdistance”)
• faoi dheireadh (“at last”)
• faoi dheireadh agus faoi dheireanaí (“at long last”)
• faoi dheireadh is faoi dhéanach
• faoi dheireadh is faoi dhéanaí
• gach díograis go deireadh
• gan tús gan deireadh (“without beginning or end, in utter confusion”)
• go lá dheireadh an domhain
• i ndeireadh na dála (“when all is said and done”)
• i ndeireadh na mbeart (“finally”)
• iarmhéid deiridh (“final balance”)
• iontrálacha deiridh (“closing entries”)
• ó thús go deireadh
• rámh deiridh (“stern-oar”)
• roth deiridh (“back-wheel”)
• rud a ligean chun deiridh (“let something into arrears, neglect something”)
• sa deireadh (“(back) aft”)
• seol deiridh (“mizzen-sail”)
• solas deiridh (“tail-light; stern-light”)
• sruth chun deiridh (“lagging current”)
• stoc deiridh (“closing stock”)
• suíochán deiridh (“back-seat”)
• thiar sa deireadh (“(back) aft”)
• tile deiridh (“stern-sheet”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “deireadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• adeireadh (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeɾʲəx/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeɾʲətʲ/ (before sé, sí, sibh); /ˈdʲeɾʲəx/ (elsewhere)
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeɾʲətʲ/ (before sé, sí, sibh); /ˈdʲeɾʲuː/ (elsewhere)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeɾʲətʲ/ (before sé, sí, sibh); /ˈdʲeɾʲu/ (elsewhere)

Verb

deireadh

1. inflection of abair:
   1. analytic past habitual
   2. analytic past subjunctive

Usage notes

Like all d-initial forms of abair, this term is immune to lenition and does not undergo eclipsis after the interrogative particle an.

Mutation

Mutated forms of deireadh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
deireadh	dheireadh	ndeireadh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish deired.

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈd̥ʲeðəɣ/
• (Uist, Barra) IPA^(key): /ˈd̥ʒeɾʲəɣ/
• (Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ˈd̥ʲeɾʲək/
• (South Argyll) IPA^(key): /ˈd̥ʲeɾəɣ/, [ˈd̥ʲeˀɾəɣ]

Noun

deireadh m (genitive singular deiridh, plural deiridhean)

1. end (of a period of time)

   Thèid mi ann a-rithist aig deireadh a' mhìosa. ― I'll go there again at the end of the month.

Derived terms

• air dheireadh (“behind; late”)
• crann-deiridh (“mizzenmast”)
• deireadh-seachdain (“weekend”)
• mu dheireadh (“last; at last”)

Related terms

• deireannach (“last, final; tardy, dilatory”)

Mutation

Mutation of deireadh

radical	lenition
deireadh	dheireadh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “deireadh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN