danartha
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish danarda. By surface analysis, danar (“foreigner, barbarian”) + -tha.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editdanartha
- cruel (that intentionally causes pain and suffering)
- cold-blooded (lacking emotion or compunction)
- draconian (severe, oppressive or strict)
- fierce
- barbaric (uncivilised)
Declension
editDeclension of danartha
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | danartha | dhanartha | danartha; dhanartha² | |
| Vocative | dhanartha | danartha | ||
| Genitive | danartha | danartha | danartha | |
| Dative | danartha; dhanartha¹ |
dhanartha | danartha; dhanartha² | |
| Comparative | níos danartha | |||
| Superlative | is danartha | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| danartha | dhanartha | ndanartha |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
edit- “danartha”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “danardae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “danarḋa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 223
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “danartha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 47
