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English
Pronunciation
Noun
deas (plural deases)
- (Scotland) Alternative form of dais
1823, [Walter Scott], “The Man-at-Arms”, in Quentin Durward. , volume I, Edinburgh: [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 109:I could never think of a King but what I supposed him sitting under the high deas, and feasting amid his high vassals and Paladins, eating blanc-manger, with a great gold crown upon his head, or else charging at the head of his troops like Charlemagne in the romaunts, or like Robert Bruce or William Wallace in our own true histories.
References
Anagrams
- ADEs, 'eads, Desa, Eads, sade, AEDs, ṣādē, EADs, Ades, ades, Seda, Saed, SEAD, ESAD, EDAs
Galician
Verb
deas
- second-person singular present subjunctive of dar
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish dess (“right-hand; south; right, just; convenient, agreeable”), from Proto-Celtic *dexswos, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱswo-, from *deḱs- (“right-hand side”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
deas
- (destination) south, southerly, to the south
Usage notes
- This word refers only to the ultimate destination of movement (i.e., "to the south").
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
See also
Adjective
deas (genitive singular masculine deis, genitive singular feminine deise, plural deasa, comparative deise)
- right, right-hand (opposite of left)
Declension
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
Adjective
deas (comparative deise)
- (used predicatively) near, close; convenient (~ do (“to”))
Adjective
deas (genitive singular masculine deas, genitive singular feminine deise, plural deasa, comparative deise)
- right, correct (opposite of wrong)
- nice
- pretty
- honest
- straight
Usage notes
In the senses ‘nice’ and ‘pretty’, this adjective takes the adverbial construction go deas when used predicatively after a form of bí:
- Tá an crann seo go deas. ― This tree is nice/pretty.
Declension
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
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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ndeas
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 76
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Latin
Noun
deās
- accusative plural of dea
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish dess (“right-hand; south; right, just; convenient, agreeable”), from Proto-Celtic *dexswos, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱswo-, from *deḱs- (“right-hand side”).
Adjective
deas (comparative deise)
- ready, prepared, accomplished
- right, right-hand
- adroit, dexterous, skillful, expert
- trim, spruce
- erect
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
- briogadh deis m (“right click”)
- deas-àiteachadh m (“agriculture”)
- deas-bhriathrach (“eloquent”, adjective)
- deas-bhriathrach (“eloquent”, adjective)
- deas-chainnt f (“eloquence”)
- deas-cheumach (“stately in gait; having a neat manner of walking”, adjective)
- deas-fhacal m (“ready word; smart reply”)
- deas-fhear m (“ambidexter”)
- deas-ghluasad m, deas-iomairt f (“proper gestures”)
- deas-ghnàth m (“ceremony”)
- deas-labhair (“articulate”, verb)
- deas-labhairt m (“eloquence, address, fluency of speech; elocution”)
- deas-labhrach (“eloquent, having a command of language”, adjective)
- deas-làmhach (“right-handed, ambidexterous; dexterous, “neat-handed.”; ready-handed; of, or pertaining to, a right hand”, adjective)
- deas-làmhachd f (“ambidexterity; dexterity, “neatness” of hand”)
- deas-làmh f (“right hand”)
- deasaich (“prepare; edit”, verb)
- deiseil (“southward, sunward; clockwise; having a southern exposure; lucky; ready, prepared, finished”)
Noun
deas f (genitive singular deise, plural deasan)
- south
- Antonym: tuath
Derived terms
See also
(compass points)
Adjective
deas (comparative deise)
- southern, south
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
deas
- remain, abide
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “deas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Spanish
Noun
deas f pl
- plural of dea