deas
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
deas (plural deases)
- (Scotland) Alternative form of dais
- 1823, [Walter Scott], “The Man-at-Arms”, in Quentin Durward. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 109:
- I could never think of a King but what I supposed him sitting under the high deas, and feasting amid his high vassals and Paladins, eating blanc-manger, with a great gold crown upon his head, or else charging at the head of his troops like Charlemagne in the romaunts, or like Robert Bruce or William Wallace in our own true histories.
References edit
- “deas”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Verb edit
deas
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish dess (“right-hand; south; right, just; convenient, agreeable”), from Proto-Celtic *dexswos, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱswo-, from *deḱs- (“right-hand side”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /dʲasˠ/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /dʲæsˠ/
Adverb edit
deas
Usage notes edit
- This word refers only to the ultimate destination of movement (i.e., "to the south").
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- deisceart m (“south”)
See also edit
- theas (position)
- tuaisceart
- thuaidh
Adjective edit
deas (genitive singular masculine deis, genitive singular feminine deise, plural deasa, comparative deise)
- right, right-hand (opposite of left)
Declension edit
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | deas | dheas | deasa; dheasa² | |
| Vocative | dheis | deasa | ||
| Genitive | deise | deasa | deas | |
| Dative | deas; dheas¹ |
dheas; dheis (archaic) |
deasa; dheasa² | |
| Comparative | níos deise | |||
| Superlative | is deise | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
deas (comparative deise)
- (used predicatively) near, close; convenient (~ do (“to”))
Adjective edit
deas (genitive singular masculine deas, genitive singular feminine deise, plural deasa, comparative deise)
Usage notes edit
In the senses ‘nice’ and ‘pretty’, this adjective takes the adverbial construction go deas when used predicatively after a form of bí:
- Tá an crann seo go deas. ― This tree is nice/pretty.
Declension edit
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | deas | dheas | deasa; dheasa² | |
| Vocative | dheas | deasa | ||
| Genitive | deise | deasa | deas | |
| Dative | deas; dheas¹ |
dheas | deasa; dheasa² | |
| Comparative | níos deise | |||
| Superlative | is deise | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| deas | dheas | ndeas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 76
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Latin edit
Noun edit
deās
- accusative plural of dea
Scottish Gaelic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish dess (“right-hand; south; right, just; convenient, agreeable”), from Proto-Celtic *dexswos, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱswo-, from *deḱs- (“right-hand side”).
Adjective edit
deas (comparative deise)
- ready, prepared, accomplished
- right, right-hand
- adroit, dexterous, skillful, expert
- trim, spruce
- erect
Synonyms edit
- (right): ceart
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- briogadh deis m (“right click”)
- deas-àiteachadh m (“agriculture”)
- deas-bhriathrach (“eloquent”, adjective)
- deas-bhriathrach (“eloquent”, adjective)
- deas-chainnt f (“eloquence”)
- deas-cheumach (“stately in gait; having a neat manner of walking”, adjective)
- deas-fhacal m (“ready word; smart reply”)
- deas-fhear m (“ambidexter”)
- deas-ghluasad m, deas-iomairt f (“proper gestures”)
- deas-ghnàth m (“ceremony”)
- deas-labhair (“articulate”, verb)
- deas-labhairt m (“eloquence, address, fluency of speech; elocution”)
- deas-labhrach (“eloquent, having a command of language”, adjective)
- deas-làmhach (“right-handed, ambidexterous; dexterous, “neat-handed.”; ready-handed; of, or pertaining to, a right hand”, adjective)
- deas-làmhachd f (“ambidexterity; dexterity, “neatness” of hand”)
- deas-làmh f (“right hand”)
- deasaich (“prepare; edit”, verb)
- deiseil (“southward, sunward; clockwise; having a southern exposure; lucky; ready, prepared, finished”)
Noun edit
deas f (genitive singular deise, plural deasan)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
(compass points)
| iar-thuath | tuath | ear-thuath |
| iar | 
|
ear |
| iar-dheas | deas | ear-dheas |
Adjective edit
deas (comparative deise)
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb edit
deas
References edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “deas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Spanish edit
Noun edit
deas f pl