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Etymology edit

From Middle Irish darírib, apparently from de ḟírib (literally from truths), but the source of the first r is unclear; it may have arise through conflation with expressions like ar fír (literally on truth) and iar fír (literally through truth).

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

dáiríre

  1. seriously, in earnest

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dáiríre dháiríre ndáiríre
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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