díseart

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dísert, from Vulgar Latin *dīsertum, from Latin dēsertum. Cognate with Welsh diserth.

Noun

díseart m (genitive singular dísirt, nominative plural dísirt)

1. deserted place, desert
2. retreat, hermitage
3. (biology) refugium

Declension

Declension of díseart (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative díseart dísirt vocative a dhísirt a dhísearta genitive dísirt díseart dative díseart dísirt forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an díseart na dísirt genitive an dísirt na ndíseart dative leis an díseart don díseart leis na dísirt

Derived terms

• díseartach m (“hermit”)
• díseartán m (“hermitage”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of díseart

radical	lenition	eclipsis
díseart	dhíseart	ndíseart

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “díseart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dísert”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language