deireadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish deired.

Alternative forms

deire

Pronunciation

(Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲə/
(Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲuː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲu/

Noun

deireadh m (genitive singular deiridh, nominative plural deirí)

end (of a period of time, story, object, etc.)
finish
conclusion
(nautical, ~ báid, loinge) stern (of a boat, ship)

Declension

Declension of deireadh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	deireadh	deirí
Vocative	a dheiridh	a dheirí
Genitive	deiridh	deirí
Dative	deireadh	deirí

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an deireadh	na deirí
Genitive	an deiridh	na ndeirí
Dative	leis an deireadh don deireadh	leis na deirí

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Alternative forms

adeireadh (obsolete)

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲəx/
(Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲətʲ/ (before sé, sí, sibh); /ˈdʲɛɾʲəx/ (elsewhere)
(Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲətʲ/ (before sé, sí, sibh); /ˈdʲɛɾʲuː/ (elsewhere)
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲətʲ/ (before sé, sí, sibh); /ˈdʲɛɾʲu/ (elsewhere)

Verb

deireadh

inflection of abair:
1. past habitual analytic
2. past subjunctive analytic

Usage notes

Like all d-initial forms of abair, this term is immune to lenition and does not undergo eclipsis after the interrogative particle an.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deireadh	dheireadh	ndeireadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish deired.

Noun

deireadh m (genitive singular deiridh, plural deiridhean)

end (of a period of time)
Thèid mi ann a-rithist aig deireadh a' mhìosa. ― I'll go there again at the end of the month.

Derived terms

air dheireadh (“behind; late”)
crann-deiridh (“mizzenmast”)
deireadh-seachdain (“weekend”)
mu dheireadh (“last; at last”)

Related terms

deireannach (“last, final; tardy, dilatory”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
deireadh	dheireadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Eneas Mackay, 1911

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