deacair

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish deccair, from dí- + *accor, the unattested verbal noun of ad·cuirethar (“to restore”), equivalent to de + acar (“tool, service”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

deacair (genitive singular masculine deacair, genitive singular feminine deacra, plural deacra, comparative deacra)

  1. hard, difficult
    Synonyms: anacair, anfhurasta, (of terrain) achrannach, doiligh
    Antonyms: furasta, socair
  2. reluctant
  3. (literary) troublesome

Declension

Declension of deacair
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative deacair dheacair deacra;
dheacra2
vocative dheacair deacra
genitive deacra deacra deacair
dative deacair;
dheacair1 		dheacair deacra;
dheacra2
Comparative níos deacra
Superlative is deacra

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

deacair f (genitive singular deacra, nominative plural deacra)

  1. difficulty
  2. hardship, distress

Declension

Declension of deacair (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative deacair deacra
vocative a dheacair a dheacra
genitive deacra deacra
dative deacair deacra
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an deacair na deacra
genitive na deacra na ndeacra
dative leis an deacair
don deacair 		leis na deacra

Mutation

Mutated forms of deacair
radical lenition eclipsis
deacair dheacair ndeacair

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), “deccair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1996) “deccair”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume D, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page D-31
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 18
  4. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 57
  5. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 87

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