déarfadh

Irish

Alternative forms

  • adéarfadh, deurfadh (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːɾˠhəx/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈdʲeːɾˠ(h)ətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈdʲeːɾˠ(h)əx/[1]
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈdʲeːɾˠhətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈdʲeːɾˠhuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈdʲeːɾˠhətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈdʲeːɾˠhu/

Verb

déarfadh

  1. conditional analytic 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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