deis

English

Noun

deis (plural deises)

1. Obsolete 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for deis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• -side, Desi, Dies, Eids, IDEs, IEDs, Ides, SEID, Side, desi, dies, eids, ides, side, sied

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛʃ/

Etymology 1

Noun

deis f (genitive singular deise, nominative plural deiseanna)

1. right hand; right-hand side
2. suitable, convenient, position
3. opportunity
4. 1. facility
   2. means, apparatus
5. material advantage
6. proper condition

Declension

Declension of deis

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative deis deiseanna Vocative a dheis a dheiseanna Genitive deise deiseanna Dative deis deiseanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an deis na deiseanna Genitive na deise na ndeiseanna Dative leis an deis don deis leis na deiseanna

Etymology 2

Adjective

deis

1. vocative masculine singular of deas (“right (opposite of left)”)
2. genitive masculine singular of deas (“right (opposite of left)”)
3. (archaic) dative feminine singular of deas (“right (opposite of left)”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deis	dheis	ndeis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "deis" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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Latin

Noun

deīs

1. dative plural of deus
2. ablative plural of deus

References

• du Cange, Charles (1883), “deis”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre

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Scots

Verb

deis

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of dei

   Div ee ken whae deis it the end o'd?

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Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

deis

1. ready
2. eager, willing

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Spanish

Verb

deis

1. Informal second-person plural (vosotros, vosotras) present subjunctive form of dar.
2. Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) negative imperative form of dar.