deifre

Irish

Alternative forms

  • deithbhire (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛfʲrʲə/[1]

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish deithbire.

Noun

deifre f (genitive singular deifre)

  1. alternative form of deifir
Declension
Declension of deifre (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative deifre
vocative a dheifre
genitive deifre
dative deifre
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an deifre
genitive na deifre
dative leis an deifre
don deifre

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

deifre

  1. genitive singular of deifir

Mutation

Mutated forms of deifre
radical lenition eclipsis
deifre dheifre ndeifre

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 319, page 112