deud

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʲe.uð]

Noun

deüd

1. dative singular of dead

Mutation

Mutation of deud

radical	lenition	nasalization
deüd	deüd pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndeüd

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dét, from Proto-Celtic *dant (compare Welsh dant), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪ʰʲeːt̪/

Noun

deud m (genitive singular deid, plural deudan)

1. tooth

Derived terms

• deudair (“dentist”)

Welsh

Alternative forms

• dweud, dywedyd, gweud

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /deɨ̯d/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /dei̯d/

Verb

deud (first-person singular present dudaf)

1. (North Wales, colloquial) Alternative form of dweud (“to say, to tell”)

Conjugation

Conjugation (colloquial)

inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	duda i, dudaf i	dudi di	dudith o/e/hi, dudiff e/hi	dudwn ni	dudwch chi	dudan nhw
conditional	dudwn i, dudswn i	dudet ti, dudset ti	dudai fo/fe/hi, dudsai fo/fe/hi	duden ni, dudsen ni	dudech chi, dudsech chi	duden nhw, dudsen nhw
preterite	dudais i, dudes i	dudaist ti, dudest ti	dudodd o/e/hi	dudon ni	dudoch chi	dudon nhw
imperative	—	duda	—	—	dudwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of deud

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
deud	ddeud	neud	unchanged

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

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “deud”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies