dainséar

Irish

Alternative forms

• daimhséar, dainnséar, dainnseur, dainseur

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman dangier, from Old French dongier, from Vulgar Latin *dominārium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠainʲˈʃeːɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠan̠ʲʃeːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠan̠ʲʃaɾˠ/

Noun

dainséar m (genitive singular dainséir, nominative plural dainséir)

1. danger

   Synonym: contúirt

Declension

Declension of dainséar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dainséar dainséir vocative a dhainséir a dhainséara genitive dainséir dainséar dative dainséar dainséir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dainséar na dainséir genitive an dainséir na ndainséar dative leis an dainséar don dainséar leis na dainséir

Derived terms

• dainséarach

Mutation

Mutated forms of dainséar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dainséar	dhainséar	ndainséar

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

Further reading

• “dainséar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dainnséar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 220
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dainséar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN