déantús

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From déan (“to make”) +‎ tús (“beginning”).

Noun

déantús m (genitive singular déantúis, nominative plural déantúis)

  1. manufacture (action or process of making goods)
  2. creation (something created), work, composition
  3. construction (anything constructed; structure)
  4. make (origin of a manufactured article)
    Bhí an ceamara de dhéantús Gearmánach.
    The camera was of German make/manufacture.
  5. (linguistic morphology) formation[2]

Declension

Declension of déantús (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative déantús déantúis
vocative a dhéantúis a dhéantúsa
genitive déantúis déantús
dative déantús déantúis
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an déantús na déantúis
genitive an déantúis na ndéantús
dative leis an déantús
don déantús 		leis na déantúis
  • Alternative plural forms: déantúisí, déantúsaí

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • de dhéantús baile (“homemade”)
  • déantús maitheasa (“capacity for doing good”)
  • déantúsán
  • déantúsaíocht

Mutation

Mutated forms of déantús
radical lenition eclipsis
déantús dhéantús ndéantús

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

References

  1. ^ “déantús”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Ó Murchú, Séamas (1998) An Teanga Bheo: Gaeilge Chonamara (in Irish), Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, page v

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