deis

deis (plural deises)

1. Obsolete form of dais.

• deis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

• -side, Desi, Dies, EIDs, Eids, IDEs, IEDs, Ides, SEID, Side, desi, dies, eids, ides, side, sied

From Latin dīcitis

1. (Balearics) second-person plural present indicative form of dir

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛʃ/

Originally the dative of a substantivization of deas (“right”); compare Middle Irish des (“arrangement, order”) of the same origin.

deis f (genitive singular deise, nominative plural deiseanna)

1. right (side opposite left)
2. opportunity (chance for advancement, progress or profit)
3. comfort (something that offers comfort), convenience

   deiseanna nua-aoiseacha ― modern conveniences

4. means, facility (physical means or contrivance for doing something)

• “deis”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “des “arrangement, order””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dess (adjective) “right, south””, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “deis”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “deis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

deis

1. inflection of deas (“right (opposite of left)”):
   1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
   2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

deīs

1. dative/ablative plural of deus

• deis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

From Anglo-Norman deis, from Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos). Doublet of disch.

• IPA^(key): /dɛi̯s/, /dɛːs/, /dɛs/, /ˈdɛi̯əs/

deis

1. podium, dais
2. high table
3. (figuratively) An office or position and the authority it gives.

• deise, deies, dais, daies, deyse, deyes, days, dayes, des, dees, dese, dece, desse
• doise, doyse (late)

• English: dais
• Scots: deas, deece

• “deis, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

deis

1. Alternative form of dees (“die”)

deis

1. Alternative form of dees: plural of dee (“die”)

• Hyphenation: deis

deis

1. second-person plural present subjunctive of dar

deis

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of dei

   Div ee ken whae deis it the end o'd?

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deis

1. ready
2. eager, willing

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeis/ [ˈd̪ei̯s]
• Rhymes: -eis
• Syllabification: deis

deis

1. second-person plural present subjunctive of dar