deimheas

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish demess, from Proto-Celtic *dwimessos, from *dwi- (“double”) + *meteti (“to cut, reap”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

deimheas m (genitive singular deimhis, nominative plural deimhis)

  1. (pair of) shears (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
  2. (pair of) clippers
    Synonym: bearrthóir
  3. (pair of) scissors
    Synonym: siosúr

Declension

Declension of deimheas (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative deimheas deimhis
vocative a dheimhis a dheimheasa
genitive deimhis deimheas
dative deimheas deimhis
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an deimheas na deimhis
genitive an deimhis na ndeimheas
dative leis an deimheas
don deimheas 		leis na deimhis

Mutation

Mutated forms of deimheas
radical lenition eclipsis
deimheas dheimheas ndeimheas

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

References

  1. ^ Pedersen, Holger (1909) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume I, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 99.1, pages 162–163
  2. ^ Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, § 383, page 34
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 82
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 88, page 35

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