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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
déin
- inflection of déan:
- vocative/genitive singular
- nominative/dative plural
Etymology 2
Adjective
déin
- inflection of dian:
- vocative/genitive singular masculine
- (archaic) dative singular feminine
Etymology 3
Verb
déin
- (archaic) second-person singular imperative of déan
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| déin
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dhéin
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ndéin
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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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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “déin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “déin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “déin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024