daire

See also: dairə and Dáire

Old Irish

Etymology

An io-stem relative of dair (“oak”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈda.rʲe]

Noun

daire n

  1. a forest of oak trees

Inflection

Neuter io-stem
singular dual plural
nominative daireN daireL daireL
vocative daireN daireL daireL
accusative daireN daireL daireL
genitive dairiL daireL daireN
dative dairiuL dairib dairib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: doire

Mutation

Mutation of daire
radical lenition nasalization
daire daire
pronounced with /ð-/		 ndaire

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

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دائره (daire), from Arabic دَائِرَة (dāʔira).

Pronunciation

  • (daíre) IPA(key): /daǐːre/
  • (dàire) IPA(key): /dǎire/
  • Hyphenation: da‧i‧re

Noun

daíre or dàire f pl (Cyrillic spelling даи́ре or да̀ире)

  1. (plural only) dayereh, tambourine

Declension

Declension of daire
plural
nominative daíre / dàire
genitive daírā / dȁīrā
dative daírama / dàirama
accusative daíre / dàire
vocative daíre / dàire
locative daírama / dàirama
instrumental daírama / dàirama

References

  • “daire”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دائره (daire), from Arabic دَائِرَة (dāʔira).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɑːiˈɾe/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: da‧i‧re

Noun

daire (definite accusative daireyi, plural daireler)

  1. apartment (short for apartman dairesi)
  2. office, department
  3. (geometry) the inner part of a full circle
  4. dayereh
  5. tambourine
    Synonym: tef

Declension

Declension of daire
singular plural
nominative daire daireler
definite accusative daireyi daireleri
dative daireye dairelere
locative dairede dairelerde
ablative daireden dairelerden
genitive dairenin dairelerin

See also

References

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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