deasaigh
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish desaigid. By surface analysis, deas + -igh. Doublet of deisigh.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]deasaigh (present analytic deasaíonn, future analytic deasóidh, verbal noun deasú, past participle deasaithe)
- (military) to dress (arrange (soldiers or troops) into proper formation)
- (art, photography, transitive) to pose (set in place, arrange)
- (art, photography, reflexive) to pose (assume or maintain a pose)
- Synonym: deisigh
- to prepare (also in reference to food), make ready, fit
- to fit out
- to settle (place in a fixed or permanent condition)
- Synonym: socraigh
- (dated) to adjust
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of deasaigh (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
[edit]- deasaigh thart (“get into position, move over into position, keep still”)
- deasaigh isteach (“snuggle, cuddle”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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deasaigh | dheasaigh | ndeasaigh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- “deasaigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dessigid, dessaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deasuiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 233
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 76
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deasaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN