deifir
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish deithbir (“reasonableness”), from Old Irish deithbir (“reasonable”, adjective).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
deifir f (genitive singular deifre)
- hurry (rushed action)
Declension edit
Declension of deifir
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Related terms edit
Noun edit
deifir f (genitive singular deifreach, nominative plural deifreacha)
- Munster form of difear (“difference”)
- Níl aon deifir idir an chanúint atá agam-sa agus do chanúint féin.
- There's no difference between my dialect and your own dialect.
Declension edit
Declension of deifir
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Related terms edit
- deifreach (“different”, adjective)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
deifir | dheifir | ndeifir |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deifir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “deifir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 77
- Entries containing “deifir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 30