Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

PIE word
*dóru
PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr

From Old Irish derbráthair, from derb (certain) + bráthair (brother), from Proto-Celtic *brātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /dʲɾʲəˈhaːɾʲ/ (as if spelled dreatháir)[1]
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲɑːhərʲ/ (as if spelled dreáthair)[2]
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲɑːɾʲ/ (as if spelled dreáir)
  • (West Connemara, South Mayo, Erris) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲiçaːɾʲ/ (as if spelled dricheáir)
  • (Achill) IPA(key): /ˈdʲaɾˠhaɾʲ/ (as if spelled dearthair)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲæːɾˠhaɾʲ/, /ˈdʲæːɾˠhəɾʲ/ (as if spelled deártháir or deárthair)[3]

Noun edit

deartháir m (genitive singular dearthár, nominative plural deartháireacha)

  1. brother

Declension edit

Coordinate terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
deartháir dheartháir ndeartháir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 17
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 87
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 80, page 33

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