deartháir
Irish
Alternative forms
- dearbh-bhráthair (obsolete)
- dearbhráthair (obsolete)
- driotháir
Etymology
From Old Irish derbráthair, from derb (“certain”) + bráthair (“brother”), from Proto-Celtic *brātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /dʲɾʲəˈhaːɾʲ/ (as if spelled dreatháir)[1]
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲɑːhərʲ/ (as if spelled dreáthair)[2]
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲɑːɾʲ/ (as if spelled dreáthair)
- (West Connemara, South Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲiçaːɾʲ/ (as if spelled dricheáir)
- (Achill) IPA(key): /ˈdʲaɾˠhaɾʲ/ (as if spelled dearthair)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲæːɾˠhaɾʲ/, /ˈdʲæːɾˠhəɾʲ/ (as if spelled deártháir or deárthair)[3]
Declension
Declension of deartháir
Irregular
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural: deartháracha (Cois Fharraige)
Coordinate terms
- deirfiúr (“sister”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
deartháir | dheartháir | ndeartháir |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 17.
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 87.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 33, § 80.
Further reading
- “derbráthair” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “dearḃráṫair” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 230.
- "deartháir" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “deartháir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “deartháir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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