dearfa
See also: déarfá
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]| PIE word |
|---|
| *dóru |
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dearfa (not comparable)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | dearfa | dhearfa | dearfa; dhearfa2 | |
| vocative | dhearfa | dearfa | ||
| genitive | dearfa | dearfa | dearfa | |
| dative | dearfa; dhearfa1 |
dhearfa | dearfa; dhearfa2 | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| dearfa | dhearfa | ndearfa |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ “dearfa”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 52, page 28
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 75
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “derbtha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dearfa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dearfa”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “dearfa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024