déanamh

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See also: dèanamh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish dénum (“act of doing, making”). By surface analysis, déan +‎ -amh

Pronunciation

Noun

déanamh m (genitive singular as substantive déanaimh, genitive as verbal noun déanta)

  1. verbal noun of déan
  2. build (physique), figure (shape of human body)
  3. make (brand)
  4. manufacture (of goods)
  5. (card games) deal

Declension

Verbal noun
Declension of déanamh (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative déanamh
vocative a dhéanamh
genitive déanta
dative déanamh
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an déanamh
genitive an déanta
dative leis an déanamh
don déanamh
Substantive
Declension of déanamh (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative déanamh
vocative a dhéanaimh
genitive déanaimh
dative déanamh
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an déanamh
genitive an déanaimh
dative leis an déanamh
don déanamh

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of déanamh
radical lenition eclipsis
déanamh dhéanamh ndéanamh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 84
  2. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, pages 155–156: “a sháith lé déanamh ə ha: l′e: d′i:nu:”
  3. ^ Stockman, Gerard (1974) The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; 2), Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, pages 4, 15, 45
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 10

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