deis
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
deis (plural deises)
- 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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[edit]
Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
deis f (genitive singular deise, nominative plural deiseanna)
- right hand; right-hand side
- suitable, convenient, position
- opportunity
- material advantage
- proper condition
Declension[edit]
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
deis
- inflection of deas (“right (opposite of left)”):
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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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[edit]
- "deis" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
deīs
References[edit]
- deis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Anglo-Norman deis, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos). Doublet of disch.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
deis
- podium, dais
- high table
- (figuratively) An office or position and the authority it gives.
Alternative forms[edit]
- deise, deies, dais, daies, deyse, deyes, days, dayes, des, dees, dese, dece, desse
- doise, doyse (late)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “deis, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
deis
- Alternative form of dees (“die”)
Noun[edit]
deis
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
deis
- second-person plural (vós) present subjunctive of dar
- second-person plural (vós, sometimes used with vocês) negative imperative of dar
Scots[edit]
Verb[edit]
deis
- third-person singular simple present indicative form of dei
- Div ee ken whae deis it the end o'd?
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective[edit]
deis
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
deis
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