deoch

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish deug.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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deoch f (genitive singular , nominative plural deochanna or deocha)

  1. drink; draught, potion
    Proverb: Is túisce deoch ná scéal.One should offer a drink before asking for news.
  2. quantity of liquid; infusion, wash

Declension

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With strong plural:

With weak plural:

Derived terms

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Verb

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deoch (present analytic deochann, future analytic deochfaidh, verbal noun deochadh, past participle deochta)

  1. (transitive) immerse, cover with liquid

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
deoch dheoch ndeoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish deug.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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deoch f (genitive singular dighe or dibhe, plural deochan or deochannan)

  1. drink
  2. drunkenness
    Tha an deoch orm.
    I am drunk.

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
deoch dheoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “deoch”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deog, deoch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language