dearfa
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See also: déarfá
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]| PIE word |
|---|
| *dóru |
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dearfa (not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of dearfa
| 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]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dearfa | dhearfa | ndearfa |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ “dearfa”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 52, page 28
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (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