díseart

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dísert, from Vulgar Latin *dīsertum, from Latin dēsertum. Cognate with Welsh diserth.

Noun

díseart m (genitive singular dísirt, nominative plural dísirt)

1. deserted place, desert
2. retreat, hermitage
3. (biology) refugium

Declension

Declension of díseart

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative díseart dísirt Vocative a dhísirt a dhísearta Genitive dísirt díseart Dative díseart dísirt

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an díseart na dísirt Genitive an dísirt na ndíseart Dative leis an díseart don díseart leis na dísirt

Derived terms

• díseartach m (“hermit”)
• díseartán m (“hermitage”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
díseart	dhíseart	ndíseart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “díseart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dísert”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language