deifir

• deifre
• deithbhir (obsolete)

From Middle Irish deithbir (“reasonableness”), from Old Irish deithbir (“reasonable”, adjective).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛfʲəɾʲ/

deifir f (genitive singular deifre)

1. hurry (rushed action)

   Synonyms: deabhadh, dithneas

   Tá deifir orm. ― I am in a hurry.

   Deir sé go bhfuil deifir air. ― He says that he is in a hurry.

• deifrigh

deifir f (genitive singular deifreach, nominative plural deifreacha)

1. Munster form of difear (“difference”)

   Níl aon deifir idir an chanúint atá agam-sa agus do chanúint féin.

   There's no difference between my dialect and your own dialect.

• deifreach (“different”, adjective)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deifir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “deifir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 77
• “deifir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 30

From Middle Irish deithbir (“reasonableness”), from Old Irish deithbir (“reasonable”, adjective).

• (Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈd̥ʒefəɾ/^[1] (as if spelled deifear)

deifir f (genitive singular deifire)

1. haste, hastiness
2. (Colonsay, Islay, Jura, Gigha, Kintyre, Arran) hurry

   Synonym: cabhag

• Seumas Grannd (2000) The Gaelic of Islay: A Comparative Study‎^[2], Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen, →ISBN