dímheas

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish dímess.[1] By surface analysis, dí- +‎ meas.

Pronunciation

Noun

dímheas m (genitive singular dímheasa)

  1. contempt, disrespect, disdain, scorn
    Synonyms: drochmheas, tarcaisne, mí-urraim, anurraim
  2. (finance) depreciation (decline in value of assets)
  3. disparagement

Declension

Declension of dímheas

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative dímheas
Vocative a dhímheas
Genitive dímheasa
Dative dímheas

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an dímheas
Genitive an dímheasa
Dative leis an dímheas

don dímheas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dímheas dhímheas ndímheas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 dímess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 298, page 160

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