See also: déarfá

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

PIE word
*dóru

From dearbh +‎ -tha.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

dearfa (not comparable)

  1. attested, proved; sure, certain

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dearfa dhearfa ndearfa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ dearfa”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 28
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 75

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