deacair
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʲakəɾʲ/
- (Kerry) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɞkəɾʲ/[1], /ˈdʲakəɾʲ/[2]
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈdʲækəɾʲ/
Adjective
deacair (genitive singular masculine deacair, genitive singular feminine deacra, plural deacra, comparative deacra)
- hard, difficult
- Synonyms: anfhurasta, doiligh
- Antonyms: furasta, socair
- reluctant [+ le (object)]
- (literary) troublesome
Declension
Declension of deacair
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | deacair | dheacair | deacra; dheacra² | |
| Vocative | dheacair | deacra | ||
| Genitive | deacra | deacra | deacair | |
| Dative | deacair; dheacair¹ |
dheacair | deacra; dheacra² | |
| Comparative | níos deacra | |||
| Superlative | is deacra | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Declension
Declension of deacair
Third declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| deacair | dheacair | ndeacair |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 18
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 57
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “deacair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “deacair” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “deacair” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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