deabhadh

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See also: dèabhadh

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish debuith (strife, contention).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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deabhadh m (genitive singular deabhaidh)

  1. hurry, haste
    Synonyms: deifir, dithneas
    deabhadh an tsaoil uirthi.She’s in a desperate hurry.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
deabhadh dheabhadh ndeabhadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “debuith”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 deibed (‘haste, hurry’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 202, page 102

Further reading

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