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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish darírib, apparently from de ḟírib (literally “from truths”), but the source of the first r is unclear; it may have arise through conflation with expressions like ar fír (literally “on truth”) and iar fír (literally “through truth”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
dáiríre
- seriously, in earnest
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| dáiríre
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dháiríre
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ndáiríre
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “darírib”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dá ríriḃ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 225
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dáiríre”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN