deabhadh

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See also: dèabhadh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish debuith (“strife, contention”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

deabhadh m (genitive singular deabhaidh)

  1. hurry, haste
    Synonyms: deifir, dithneas
    Tá deabhadh an tsaoil uirthi. ― She’s in a desperate hurry.

Declension

Declension of deabhadh (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative deabhadh
vocative a dheabhaidh
genitive deabhaidh
dative deabhadh
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an deabhadh
genitive an deabhaidh
dative leis an deabhadh
don deabhadh

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of deabhadh
radical lenition eclipsis
deabhadh dheabhadh ndeabhadh

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “debuith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 deibed (‘haste, hurry’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 202, page 102

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