déarfaí

Irish

Alternative forms

  • adéarfaí, deurfaí (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːɾˠfˠiː/[1]

Verb

déarfaí

  1. autonomous 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

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 78
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