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Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
diucs
- Euphemistic form of diabhal (“devil”).: deuce, dickens
Usage notes
Used primarily in the expressions m’anam don diucs! (“bless my soul!”, literally “my soul to the deuce!”)[2] and d’anam don diucs! (“what the deuce!”, literally “your soul to the deuce!”).[3] The latter is also found as th'anam don diucs in Munster Irish, and sometimes written phonetically as hanaman diucs.[4]
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
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References
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 170, page 87
- ^ “diucs”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- ^ Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “diucs”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- ^ “diucs”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy