deacair
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish deccair, from dí- + acar, equivalent to de + acra (“tool, service”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈdʲakəɾʲ/
- (Kerry) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɞkəɾʲ/[1], /ˈdʲakəɾʲ/[2]
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɞkəɾʲ/[3]
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈdʲækəɾʲ/
Adjective edit
deacair (genitive singular masculine deacair, genitive singular feminine deacra, plural deacra, comparative deacra)
- hard, difficult
- Synonyms: anfhurasta, doiligh
- Antonyms: furasta, socair
- reluctant [+ le (object)]
- (literary) troublesome
Declension edit
Declension of deacair
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | deacair | dheacair | deacra; dheacra² | |
Vocative | dheacair | deacra | ||
Genitive | deacra | deacra | deacair | |
Dative | deacair; dheacair¹ |
dheacair | deacra; dheacra² | |
Comparative | níos deacra | |||
Superlative | is deacra |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun edit
deacair f (genitive singular deacra, nominative plural deacra)
Declension edit
Declension of deacair
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
deacair | dheacair | ndeacair |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 18
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 57
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 87
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deacair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “deacair” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “deacair” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.