déarfad

Irish

Alternative forms

  • adéarfad, deurfad (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːɾˠ(h)əd̪ˠ/[1]

Verb

déarfad

  1. first-person singular future of abair

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.

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