déanamh

See also: dèanamh

Irish

From Old Irish dénum (“act of doing, making”). By surface analysis, déan +‎ -amh

(Cork, Kerry) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲia̯n̪ˠəvˠ/
(Waterford, (extinct) Kilkenny) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲia̯n̪ˠə/
(Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiːn̪ˠə/ (as if spelled díonamh); /ˈdʲɪn̪ˠə/ (as if spelled dionamh)
(Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiːnə/, /ˈdʲeːnə/^[1]
(Doohoma, Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiːnˠuː/^[2] (as if spelled díonamh)
(Achill, Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲa(ː)nˠuː/^[3] (as if spelled deánamh)
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲaːnˠu/^[4] (as if spelled deánamh)

déanamh m (genitive singular as substantive déanaimh, genitive as verbal noun déanta)

Declension of déanamh (irregular, no plural)

forms with the definite article
	singular
nominative	an déanamh
genitive	an déanta
dative	leis an déanamh don déanamh

Declension of déanamh (first declension, no plural)

forms with the definite article
	singular
nominative	an déanamh
genitive	an déanaimh
dative	leis an déanamh don déanamh

Mutated forms of *déanamh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
déanamh	dhéanamh	ndéanamh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 84
^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, pages 155–156: “a sháith lé déanamh ə ha: l′e: d′i:nu:”
^ Stockman, Gerard (1974) The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; 2), Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, pages 4, 15, 45
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 10

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Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dénum”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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“déanamh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025