déirc
Irish
Alternative forms
- déirce f
Etymology
From Old Irish deercc (“God's love; charity”), a Christian compound of Día (“God”) and serc (“love”).
Noun
déirc f (genitive singular déirce)
- charity, alms(-giving)
- Proverb: Déirc dá chuid féin (a thabhairt) don amadán. ― (To) feed a dog with his own tail; literally “To give the fool charity from his own belongings.”
- Proverb: Déirc an Domhnaigh a bhriseas droim an diabhail. ― Occasional almsgiving is not charity in the true sense; literally “Sunday charity overloads the devil’s back.”
- Proverb:
Declension
Declension of déirc
Second declension
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
- (alms-giving): déanamh déirce
Derived terms
- ábhar déirce (“an object of charity”)
- altú na déirce (“thanksgiving for alms, beggar's thanks”)
- bean déirce (“beggar(-woman)”)
- déirc don phocán lán (“undeserving charity”)
- díol déirce (“object of charity”)
- dóigh déirce (“person likely to give alms, generous almsgiver”)
- fear déirce (“beggar(-man)”)
- ord déirce (“mendicant order”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
déirc | dhéirc | ndéirc |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "déirc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “deercc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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