déanamh
See also: dèanamh
Irish
Alternative forms
- deunamh (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish dénum (“act of doing; performing, executing, committing, perpetrating; act of making, creating; making out, proving; going, making towards”).
Pronunciation
Noun
déanamh m (genitive singular as substantive déanaimh, genitive as verbal noun déanta)
- verbal noun of déan
- doing, making; make
- (of goods) production, manufacture
- (music) composition
- (card games) deal
- (biology, physics) structure
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- ability to do, to make
- sufficiency
Declension
- Verbal noun
Declension of déanamh
Irregular
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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- Substantive
Declension of déanamh
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- athdhéanamh m (“reconstruction; revision”)
- comhdhéanamh m (“constitution, structure, composition”)
- imdhéanamh m (“ornamenting; ornament, embroidery”)
- lámhdhéanamh m (“deal”) (of cards)
- leathdhéanamh m (“poor construction, poor manufacture”, literally “half-doing”)
- mídhéanamh m (“malformation”)
- réamhdhéanamh m (“prefabrication”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| déanamh | dhéanamh | ndéanamh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "déanamh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “dénum” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- Entries containing “déanamh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “déanamh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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