déarfá
See also: dearfa
Irish
Alternative forms
- adéarfá, deurfá (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːɾˠ(h)ɑː/[1]
Verb
déarfá
- second-person singular conditional of abair
Usage notes
Like all d-initial forms of abair, this term is immune to lenition. It does however undergo eclipsis after the interrogative particle an.
References
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 78