déistin

See also: deistin and Deistin

Irish

Alternative forms

  • déistean

Etymology

From Middle Irish déistin, déisden, from Old Irish *détsin (compare détsinigidir), from dét (“tooth”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːʃtʲənʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːʃtʲənˠ/[2] (corresponding to the form déistean)

Noun

déistin f (genitive singular déistine)

  1. distaste, nausea
  2. disgust, loathing

Declension

Declension of déistin (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative déistin
vocative a dhéistin
genitive déistine
dative déistin
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an déistin
genitive na déistine
dative leis an déistin
don déistin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of déistin
radical lenition eclipsis
déistin dhéistin ndéistin

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “déistin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 438, page 141

Further reading

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