derc

• IPA^(key): /dʲerk/

From Old Irish derc, from Proto-Celtic *derkom, from Proto-Indo-European *derḱ- (“to see”).

derc n

1. eye

• dercaid
  • Irish: dearc (verb)

• Irish: dearc, dearca, deirc
• Scottish Gaelic: dearc

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 derc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

derc

1. mote in a sunbeam

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “4 derc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• IPA^(key): /dʲerk/

From Proto-Celtic *derkom, from Proto-Indo-European *derḱ- (“to see”).

derc n

1. eye
2. hole, aperture, cavity, hollow

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 derc ‘aperture’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 derc ‘eye’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Proto-Celtic *derkos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreh₂ǵ-. Stokes instead suggests that it is from the same origin as Etymology 1, in the sense of berries standing out as clearly visible.

derc n

1. berry

• Middle Irish: derc
  • Irish: dearc, dearca, deirc
  • Scottish Gaelic: dearc

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 derc ‘berry’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language