deabhadh

See also: dèabhadh

Irish

Alternative forms

• deibheadh (archaic)
• deabhaidh

Etymology

From Old Irish debuith (“strife, contention”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /dʲɑu/

Noun

deabhadh m (genitive singular deabhaidh)

1. hurry, haste

   Synonyms: deifir, dithneas

   Tá deabhadh an tsaoil uirthi. ― She’s in a desperate hurry.

Declension

Declension of deabhadh (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative deabhadh vocative a dheabhaidh genitive deabhaidh dative deabhadh forms with the definite article case singular nominative an deabhadh genitive an deabhaidh dative leis an deabhadh don deabhadh

Derived terms

• le deabhadh (“in a hurry”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of deabhadh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
deabhadh	dheabhadh	ndeabhadh

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deaḃaiḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 226
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deabhadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN