dáiríre

Irish

Alternative forms

dá ríribh (obsolete)
dáirírí, dáiríribh

Etymology

From Middle Irish darírib, apparently from de ḟírib (literally “from truths”), but the source of the first r is unclear; it may have arise through conflation with expressions like ar fír (literally “on truth”) and iar fír (literally “through truth”).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɑːˈɾʲiːɾʲə/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠæˈɾʲiːɾʲə/

Adverb

dáiríre

seriously, in earnest

Derived terms

dáiríre fíre, dáiríre píre (“really and truly”)
i ndáiríre (“in earnest”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dáiríre	dháiríre	ndáiríre
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“darírib” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“dá ríribh” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"dáiríre" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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