deis
See also: déis
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
deis (plural deises)
- Obsolete form of dais.
ReferencesEdit
- “deis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin dīcitis
VerbEdit
IrishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Originally the dative of a substantivization of deas (“right”); compare Middle Irish des (“arrangement, order”) of the same origin.
NounEdit
deis f (genitive singular deise, nominative plural deiseanna)
- right (side opposite left)
- opportunity (chance for advancement, progress or profit)
- comfort (something that offers comfort), convenience
- deiseanna nua-aoiseacha ― modern conveniences
- means, facility (physical means or contrivance for doing something)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of deis
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Further readingEdit
- “deis”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “des “arrangement, order””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dess (adjective) “right, south””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “deis”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “deis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 2Edit
AdjectiveEdit
deis
- inflection of deas (“right (opposite of left)”):
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
deis | dheis | ndeis |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
LatinEdit
NounEdit
deīs
ReferencesEdit
- deis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Anglo-Norman deis, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos). Doublet of disch.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
deis
- podium, dais
- high table
- (figuratively) An office or position and the authority it gives.
Alternative formsEdit
- deise, deies, dais, daies, deyse, deyes, days, dayes, des, dees, dese, dece, desse
- doise, doyse (late)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “deis, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
deis
- Alternative form of dees (“die”)
NounEdit
deis
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: deis
VerbEdit
deis
ScotsEdit
VerbEdit
deis
- third-person singular simple present indicative form of dei
- Div ee ken whae deis it the end o'd?
Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
AdjectiveEdit
deis
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
deis