deimhin

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish demin (“sure, certain, undoubted”) (compare Scottish Gaelic deimhinn).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /dʲəɪnʲ/, [dʲëɪnʲ]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɪvʲənʲ/

Adjective

deimhin (genitive singular masculine deimhin, genitive singular feminine deimhne, plural deimhne, comparative deimhne)

1. sure, certain

Declension

Declension of deimhin

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	deimhin	dheimhin	deimhne; dheimhne2
vocative	dheimhin		deimhne
genitive		deimhne	strong noun	weak noun
			deimhne	deimhin
dative	deimhin; dheimhin1	dheimhin	deimhne; dheimhne2
Comparative	níos deimhne
Superlative	is deimhne

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• (certain): deimhneach

Noun

deimhin f (genitive singular deimhne)

1. certainty; assurance, proof

Declension

Declension of deimhin (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative deimhin vocative a dheimhin genitive deimhne dative deimhin forms with the definite article case singular nominative an deimhin genitive na deimhne dative leis an deimhin don deimhin

Synonyms

• (certainty): deimhne

Mutation

Mutated forms of deimhin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
deimhin	dheimhin	ndeimhin

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

Further reading

• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 82
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deimhin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN