déirc

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish deercc (“God's love; charity”), a Christian compound of Día (“God”) and serc (“love”).

Pronunciation

Noun

déirc f (genitive singular déirce)

  1. charity, alms(-giving)
    Déirc dá chuid féin (a thabhairt) don amadán. (proverb)
    (To) feed a dog with his own tail
    (literally, “To give the fool charity from his own belongings.”)
    Déirc an Domhnaigh a bhriseas droim an diabhail. (proverb)
    Occasional almsgiving is not charity in the true sense.
    (literally, “Sunday charity overloads the devil’s back.”)

Declension

Declension of déirc (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative déirc
vocative a dhéirc
genitive déirce
dative déirc
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an déirc
genitive na déirce
dative leis an déirc
don déirc

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Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of déirc
radical lenition eclipsis
déirc dhéirc ndéirc

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

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