de dheoin

Irish

Pronunciation

Adverb

de dheoin

  1. intentionally, willingly
    Antonym: d'ainneoin

Preposition

de dheoin (plus genitive or possessive determiner, triggers no mutation)

  1. intentionally or willingly on the part of, of (someone's) own accord
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 86:
      bə rī wȧ lm̥ fis ə ve ām, mā rińə šē ē dā jōn fēn.
      [Ba rí-mhaith liom fios a bheith agam má rinne sé é dá dheoin féin.]
      I would very much like to know if he did it of his own accord.

Inflection

Inflection of de dheoin
Person: simple emphatic
singular first de mo dheoin de mo dheoinse
second de do dheoin de do dheoinse
third m dá dheoin dá dheoinsean
f dá deoin dá deoinse
plural first dár ndeoin dár ndeoin-ne
second de bhur ndeoin de bhur ndeoinse
third dá ndeoin dá ndeoinsean

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 86

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