déad
See also: dead
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish dét, from Proto-Celtic *dant (compare Welsh dant), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (compare Latin dēns, Old English tōþ, Lithuanian dantìs, Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús), Persian دندان (dandân).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
déad m or f (genitive singular déid, nominative plural déada)
Declension edit
Declension of déad
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
déad | dhéad | ndéad |
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) “déad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “déad” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “déad” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 60