faoi deara

Irish

Alternative forms

• fá dear, fá deara (Ulster)
• fé ndear, fé ndeár, fé ndeara (Munster)

Etymology

From Old Irish fod·(ḟ)era (“causes it”, verb), from fo·fera (“to cause”) with infixed d- (“it”), reinterpreted as a prepositional phrase using fo (modern Irish faoi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fˠiːˈdʲaɾˠə/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /fˠiːˈdʲaɾʲə/ (as if spelled faoi deaire, probably due to influence from aire (“attention, notice”))

Adjective

faoi deara

1. causing, being the cause

   Is é faoi deara dom labhairt leat go gcuirim spéis i d’obair.

   What causes me to speak to you is that I am interested in your work.

   Tú féin faoi deara é.

   You are the cause of it yourself; you have brought it on yourself.

   Éad faoi deara a lán de. ― Jealousy has a lot to do with it.

   Is é Seán faoi deara é seo. ― This is Seán’s doing; this is due to Seán.

Derived terms

• cuir faoi deara (“to cause”)
• tabhair faoi deara (“to notice”)
• See also Category:Irish phrasal verbs with particle (faoi deara)

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fo·fera”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deara”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 230
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 27
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 257
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deara”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN