deifir
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish deithbir (“reasonableness”), from Old Irish deithbir (“reasonable”, adjective).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]deifir f (genitive singular deifre)
- hurry (rushed action)
Declension
[edit]Declension of deifir
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]deifir f (genitive singular deifreach, nominative plural deifreacha)
- Munster form of difear (“difference”)
- Níl aon deifir idir an chanúint atá agam-sa agus do chanúint féin.
- There's no difference between my dialect and your own dialect.
Declension
[edit]Declension of deifir
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Related terms
[edit]- deifreach (“different”, adjective)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| deifir | dheifir | ndeifir |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deifir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deifir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 77
- “deifir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 30
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