deisceart

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish descert, from dess (“right, south”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛʃcəɾˠt̪ˠ/

Noun

deisceart m (genitive singular deiscirt)

  1. south (any absolute geographic location on the right, as one faces the rising sun)
  2. The South (of any geographic place)

Declension
Declension of deisceart

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative deisceart
Vocative a dheiscirt
Genitive deiscirt
Dative deisceart

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an deisceart
Genitive an deiscirt
Dative leis an deisceart

don deisceart

Coordinate terms
  • tuaisceart (“north”)
  • oirthuaisceart (“northeast”)
  • oirthear (“east”)
  • oirdheisceart (“southeast”)
  • iardheisceart (“southwest”)
  • iarthar (“west”)
  • iarthuaisceart (“northwest”)

Derived terms

See also

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
deisceart dheisceart ndeisceart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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