diaidh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dead (“end, conclusion”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /dʲiəɟ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /dʲiə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /dʲeːj/

Noun

diaidh

1. used only in fixed phrases; see derived terms

Derived terms

• as diaidh
• diaidh ar ndiaidh
• diaidh i ndiaidh
• i ndiaidh
• i ndiaidh ar ndiaidh
• ina dhiaidh sin

Mutation

Mutated forms of diaidh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
diaidh	dhiaidh	ndiaidh

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dead”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “diaidh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 62