deabhaidh

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲau(ə)ɟ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲauwiː/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

deabhaidh f (genitive singular deafa, nominative plural deafa)

1. conflict, strife

Declension

Declension of deabhaidh (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative deabhaidh deafa vocative a dheabhaidh a dheafa genitive deafa deafa dative deabhaidh deafa forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an deabhaidh na deafa genitive na deafa na ndeafa dative leis an deabhaidh don deabhaidh leis na deafa

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

deabhaidh

1. genitive singular of deabhadh

Mutation

Mutated forms of deabhaidh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
deabhaidh	dheabhaidh	ndeabhaidh

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