deimhin

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish demin (“sure, certain, undoubted”) (compare Scottish Gaelic deimhinn).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /dʲəɪnʲ/, [dʲëɪnʲ]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɪvʲənʲ/

Adjective

deimhin (genitive singular masculine deimhin, genitive singular feminine deimhne, plural deimhne, comparative deimhne)

1. sure, certain

Declension

Declension of deimhin

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	deimhin	dheimhin	deimhne; dheimhne²
Vocative	dheimhin		deimhne
Genitive		deimhne	deimhne	deimhin
Dative	deimhin; dheimhin¹	dheimhin	deimhne; dheimhne²
Comparative	níos deimhne
Superlative	is deimhne

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• (certain): deimhneach

Noun

deimhin f (genitive singular deimhne)

1. certainty; assurance, proof

Declension

Declension of deimhin

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative deimhin Vocative a dheimhin Genitive deimhne Dative deimhin

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an deimhin Genitive na deimhne Dative leis an deimhin don deimhin

Synonyms

• (certainty): deimhne

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deimhin	dheimhin	ndeimhin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 82
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deimhin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN