dithneas

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Classical Gaelic deithnes.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

dithneas m (genitive singular deithnis)

  1. haste, speed, dispatch (act of doing something quickly)
    le dithneas ― with dispatch
  2. hurry (rushed action)
    dithneas dearg ― a tearing hurry

Declension

Declension of deithneas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative deithneas
vocative a dheithnis
genitive deithnis
dative deithneas
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an deithneas
genitive an deithnis
dative leis an deithneas
don deithneas

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of dithneas
radical lenition eclipsis
dithneas dhithneas ndithneas

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

References

  1. ^ “dithneas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deithnes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 231, page 117

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