dearfa

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See also: déarfá

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

PIE word
*dóru

From dearbh +‎ -tha.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dearfa (not comparable)

  1. attested, proved; sure, certain

Declension

Declension of dearfa
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative dearfa dhearfa dearfa;
dhearfa2
vocative dhearfa dearfa
genitive dearfa dearfa dearfa
dative dearfa;
dhearfa1 		dhearfa dearfa;
dhearfa2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of dearfa
radical lenition eclipsis
dearfa dhearfa ndearfa

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

References

  1. ^ “dearfa”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 52, page 28
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 75

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