deisceart
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish descert, from dess (“right, south”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
deisceart m (genitive singular deiscirt)
- south (any absolute geographic location on the right, as one faces the rising sun)
- The South (of any geographic place)
Declension[edit]
Declension of deisceart
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Coordinate terms[edit]
- tuaisceart (“north”)
- oirthuaisceart (“northeast”)
- oirthear (“east”)
- oirdheisceart (“southeast”)
- iardheisceart (“southwest”)
- iarthar (“west”)
- iarthuaisceart (“northwest”)
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
deisceart | dheisceart | ndeisceart |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “descert”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deisceart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN