deabhadh

See also: dèabhadh

Irish

Alternative forms

• deibheadh (archaic)
• deabhaidh

Etymology

From Old Irish debuith (“strife, contention”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /dʲɑu/

Noun

deabhadh m (genitive singular deabhaidh)

1. hurry, haste

   Synonyms: deifir, dithneas

   Tá deabhadh an tsaoil uirthi. ― She’s in a desperate hurry.

Declension

Declension of deabhadh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative deabhadh Vocative a dheabhaidh Genitive deabhaidh Dative deabhadh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an deabhadh Genitive an deabhaidh Dative leis an deabhadh don deabhadh

Derived terms

• le deabhadh (“in a hurry”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deabhadh	dheabhadh	ndeabhadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deaḃaiḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 226
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deabhadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN