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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)
- verbal noun of déan
- build (physique), figure (shape of human body)
- make (brand)
- manufacture (of goods)
- (card games) deal
Declension
- Verbal noun
- Substantive
Derived terms
Mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| déanamh
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dhéanamh
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ndéanamh
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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
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 84
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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:”
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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
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 10
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “déanaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 229
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “déanamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dénum”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “déanamh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “déanamh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.