deireadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish deired.

Alternative forms

• deire

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲuː/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲu/

Noun

deireadh m (genitive singular deiridh, nominative plural deirí)

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

Declension

Declension of deireadh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative deireadh deirí Vocative a dheiridh a dheirí Genitive deiridh deirí Dative deireadh deirí

Forms with the definite article: Case 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
• ar an dé deiridh
• ar deireadh
• ar lorg a deiridh
• as a dheireadh
• as deireadh na cúise
• bád a cheangal as a deireadh
• bí ar deireadh
• bí ar deireadh le rud
• bí chun deiridh le rud
• bí faoi dheireadh le rud
• cábán deiridh
• ceathrú deiridh
• chun deiridh ar
• clár deiridh
• cóimheas deiridh
• cos deiridh
• crann deiridh
• cuntas deiridh
• deireadh a chur le rud
• Deireadh Fómhair
• deireadh gealaí
• deireadh na Nollag
• deireadh seachtaine
• duine a chur chun deiridh
• dul chun deiridh
• fág ar deireadh
• faoi dheireadh
• faoi dheireadh agus faoi dheireanaí
• faoi dheireadh is faoi dhéanach
• faoi dheireadh is faoi dhéanaí
• gach díograis go deireadh
• gan tús gan deireadh
• go lá dheireadh an domhain
• i ndeireadh na dála
• i ndeireadh na mbeart
• iarmhéid deiridh
• iontrálacha deiridh
• ó thús go deireadh
• rámh deiridh
• roth deiridh
• rud a ligean chun deiridh
• sa deireadh
• seol deiridh
• solas deiridh
• sruth chun deiridh
• stoc deiridh
• suíochán deiridh
• thiar sa deireadh
• tile deiridh

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• adeireadh (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲəx/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲətʲ/ (before sé, sí, sibh); /ˈdʲɛɾʲəx/ (elsewhere)
• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲətʲ/ (before sé, sí, sibh); /ˈdʲɛɾʲuː/ (elsewhere)
• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲətʲ/ (before sé, sí, sibh); /ˈdʲɛɾʲu/ (elsewhere)

Verb

deireadh

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

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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deireadh	dheireadh	ndeireadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish deired.

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

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
deireadh	dheireadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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