deisceart

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish descert, from dess (“right, south”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛʃcəɾˠt̪ˠ/

Noun

deisceart m (genitive singular deiscirt)

1. south (any absolute geographic location on the right, as one faces the rising sun)
2. The South (of any geographic place)

Declension

Declension of deisceart

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative deisceart Vocative a dheiscirt Genitive deiscirt Dative deisceart

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an deisceart Genitive an deiscirt Dative leis an deisceart don deisceart

Coordinate terms

• tuaisceart (“north”)
• oirthuaisceart (“northeast”)
• oirthear (“east”)
• oirdheisceart (“southeast”)
• iardheisceart (“southwest”)
• iarthar (“west”)
• iarthuaisceart (“northwest”)

Derived terms

• deisceartach

See also

• aneas (“from the south”)
• ó dheas (“to the south”)
• theas (“in the south”)

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “descert”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deisceart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN