déarfadh
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːɾˠhəx/
- (Galway) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈdʲeːɾˠ(h)ətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈdʲeːɾˠ(h)əx/[1]
- (Mayo) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈdʲeːɾˠhətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈdʲeːɾˠhuː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈdʲeːɾˠhətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈdʲeːɾˠhu/
Verb
[edit]déarfadh
Usage notes
[edit]Like all d-initial forms of abair, this term is immune to lenition. It does however undergo eclipsis after the interrogative particle an.
References
[edit]- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 78