deacair

Irish

Alternative forms

  • deocair, docair

Etymology

From Old Irish deccair, from dí- + *accor, the unattested verbal noun of ad·cuirethar (“to restore”), equivalent to de + acar (“tool, service”).[1][2]

The forms deocair and docair show the influence of socair (“quiet, easy”); docair especially shows a reinterpretation with the prefix do- (“difficult”), which is widely used in antonyms of forms with the prefix so- (“easy”).

Pronunciation

Pronunciations corresponding to the form deocair:

Adjective

deacair (genitive singular masculine deacair, genitive singular feminine deacra, plural deacra, comparative deacra)

  1. hard, difficult
    Synonyms: anacair, anfhurasta, (of terrain) achrannach, doiligh
    Antonyms: furasta, socair
  2. reluctant [with le ‘to’]
  3. (literary) troublesome

Declension

Declension of deacair
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative deacair dheacair deacra;
dheacra2
vocative dheacair deacra
genitive deacra deacra deacair
dative deacair;
dheacair1 		dheacair deacra;
dheacra2
Comparative níos deacra
Superlative is deacra

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

deacair f (genitive singular deacra, nominative plural deacra)

  1. difficulty
  2. hardship, distress

Declension

Declension of deacair (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative deacair deacra
vocative a dheacair a dheacra
genitive deacra deacra
dative deacair deacra
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an deacair na deacra
genitive na deacra na ndeacra
dative leis an deacair
don deacair 		leis na deacra

Mutation

Mutated forms of deacair
radical lenition eclipsis
deacair dheacair ndeacair

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

References

References
  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deccair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1996) “deccair”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume D, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page D-31
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 106, page 57
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 299, page 137
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 432, page 89
  6. ^ Hamilton, John Noel (1974) A Phonetic Study of the Irish of Tory Island, Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 3), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University Belfast, page 266
  7. ^ Wagner, Heinrich (1959) Gaeilge Theilinn: Foghraidheacht, Gramadach, Téacsanna [The Irish of Teelin: Phonetics, Grammar, Texts] (in Irish), Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 310, page 112; reprinted 1979
  8. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 32, page 18
  9. ^ Dillon, Myles, Donncha Ó Cróinín (1961) Teach Yourself Irish, Sevenoaks, England: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 223
  10. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 87

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.