deartháir

Irish

PIE word
*dóru

PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr

(Munster) IPA^(key): /dʲɾʲəˈhaːɾʲ/ (as if spelled dreatháir)^[1]
(Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɾʲɑːhəɾʲ/ (as if spelled dreáthair)^[2]
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɾʲɑːɾʲ/ (as if spelled dreáir)
(West Connemara, South Mayo, Erris) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɾʲiçaːɾʲ/ (as if spelled dricheáir)
(Achill) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲaɾˠhaɾʲ/ (as if spelled dearthair)
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲæːɾˠhaɾʲ/, /ˈdʲæːɾˠhəɾʲ/ (as if spelled deártháir or deárthair)^[3]

deartháir m (genitive singular dearthár, nominative plural deartháireacha)

Declension of deartháir (irregular)

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an deartháir	na deartháireacha
genitive	an dearthár	na ndeartháireacha
dative	leis an deartháir don deartháir	leis na deartháireacha

Mutated forms of *deartháir*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
deartháir	dheartháir	ndeartháir

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

^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 17
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 87
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 80, page 33

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “derbráthair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dearḃráṫair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 230
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deartháir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deartháir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“deartháir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025