deireadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish deired.

Alternative forms

deire

Pronunciation

(Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲə/
(Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲə/, /ˈdʲɛɾʲəvˠ/^[1]
(Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲuː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲu/

Noun

deireadh m (genitive singular deiridh, nominative plural deirí)

end (of a period of time, story, object, etc.), finish, conclusion
(nautical) stern (of a boat, ship)

Declension

Declension of deireadh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	deireadh	deirí
Vocative	a dheiridh	a dheirí
Genitive	deiridh	deirí
Dative	deireadh	deirí

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an deireadh	na deirí
Genitive	an deiridh	na ndeirí
Dative	leis an deireadh don deireadh	leis na deirí

Derived terms

an ball is mó ar deireadh
an meall is mó ar deireadh
ar a ingne deiridh (“of animal: rearing, rampant”)
ar an dé deiridh
ar deireadh (“left behind; behindhand; at death's door”)
ar lorg a deiridh (“sternways”)
as a dheireadh (“eventually, at the heel of the hunt”)
as deireadh na cúise (“finally, in the heel of the hunt”)
bád a cheangal as a deireadh (“make fast a boat astern”)
bí ar deireadh (“to be last”)
bí ar deireadh le rud
bí chun deiridh le rud
bí faoi dheireadh le rud (“be behindhand with something”)
cábán deiridh (“after-cabin”)
ceathrú deiridh (“hindquarter”)
chun deiridh ar (“aft of”)
clár deiridh (“tail-board”)
cóimheas deiridh (“ultimate ratio”)
cos deiridh
crann deiridh
cuntas deiridh
deireadh a chur le rud (“end something”)
Deireadh Fómhair
deireadh gealaí (“last phase of moon”)
deireadh na Nollag (“the last days of Christmas”)
deireadh seachtaine
duine a chur chun deiridh (“set someone back”)
dul chun deiridh (“fall behind, fail”)
fág ar deireadh (“leave to the last; pass over; outdistance”)
faoi dheireadh (“at last”)
faoi dheireadh agus faoi dheireanaí (“at long last”)
faoi dheireadh is faoi dhéanach
faoi dheireadh is faoi dhéanaí
gach díograis go deireadh
gan tús gan deireadh (“without beginning or end, in utter confusion”)
go lá dheireadh an domhain
i ndeireadh na dála (“when all is said and done”)
i ndeireadh na mbeart (“finally”)
iarmhéid deiridh (“final balance”)
iontrálacha deiridh (“closing entries”)
ó thús go deireadh
rámh deiridh (“stern-oar”)
roth deiridh (“back-wheel”)
rud a ligean chun deiridh (“let something into arrears, neglect something”)
sa deireadh (“(back) aft”)
seol deiridh (“mizzen-sail”)
solas deiridh (“tail-light; stern-light”)
sruth chun deiridh (“lagging current”)
stoc deiridh (“closing stock”)
suíochán deiridh (“back-seat”)
thiar sa deireadh (“(back) aft”)
tile deiridh (“stern-sheet”)

References

^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 78

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

adeireadh (obsolete)

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲəx/
(Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲətʲ/ (before sé, sí, sibh); /ˈdʲɛɾʲəx/ (elsewhere)
(Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲətʲ/ (before sé, sí, sibh); /ˈdʲɛɾʲuː/ (elsewhere)
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲətʲ/ (before sé, sí, sibh); /ˈdʲɛɾʲu/ (elsewhere)

Verb

deireadh

inflection of abair:
1. past habitual analytic
2. past subjunctive analytic

Usage notes

Like all d-initial forms of abair, this term is immune to lenition and does not undergo eclipsis after the interrogative particle an.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deireadh	dheireadh	ndeireadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish deired.

Noun

deireadh m (genitive singular deiridh, plural deiridhean)

end (of a period of time)
Thèid mi ann a-rithist aig deireadh a' mhìosa. ― I'll go there again at the end of the month.

Derived terms

air dheireadh (“behind; late”)
crann-deiridh (“mizzenmast”)
deireadh-seachdain (“weekend”)
mu dheireadh (“last; at last”)

Related terms

deireannach (“last, final; tardy, dilatory”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
deireadh	dheireadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “deireadh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

[1] Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 78

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deireadh

Contents

Irish

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

Usage notes

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Mutation

References

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