deargmhaidin

Irish

Alternative forms

• dearg-mhaidin (superseded)

Etymology

From dearg (“red”) +‎ maidin (“morning”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲaɾˠəɡˌvˠɑdʲənʲ/

Noun

deargmhaidin f (genitive singular deargmhaidine)

1. early morning

Declension

Declension of deargmhaidin (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative deargmhaidin vocative a dheargmhaidin genitive deargmhaidine dative deargmhaidin forms with the definite article case singular nominative an deargmhaidin genitive na deargmhaidine dative leis an deargmhaidin don deargmhaidin

Synonyms

• adhmhaidin

Mutation

Mutated forms of deargmhaidin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
deargmhaidin	dheargmhaidin	ndeargmhaidin

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. (1927) “dearg-”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deargmhaidin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN