deimhne

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish deimne (“firmness, stability”), from deimin (“sure, certain, undoubted”) (compare modern deimhin).

Noun

deimhne f (genitive singular deimhne)

1. sureness, certainty

Declension

Declension of deimhne

Fourth declension

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

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

deimhne

1. inflection of deimhin (“sure, certain”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
   3. comparative degree

Noun

deimhne

1. genitive singular of deimhin (“certainty; assurance, proof”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deimhne	dheimhne	ndeimhne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Entries containing “deimhne” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

References

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