deimhin

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish demin (“sure, certain, undoubted”) (compare Scottish Gaelic deimhinn).

Pronunciation

Adjective

deimhin (genitive singular masculine deimhin, genitive singular feminine deimhne, plural deimhne, comparative deimhne)

  1. sure, certain

Declension

Declension of deimhin
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative deimhin dheimhin deimhne;
dheimhne2
vocative dheimhin deimhne
genitive deimhne deimhne deimhin
dative deimhin;
dheimhin1 		dheimhin deimhne;
dheimhne2
Comparative níos deimhne
Superlative is deimhne

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

Synonyms

Noun

deimhin f (genitive singular deimhne)

  1. certainty; assurance, proof

Declension

Declension of deimhin (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative deimhin
vocative a dheimhin
genitive deimhne
dative deimhin
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an deimhin
genitive na deimhne
dative leis an deimhin
don deimhin

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of deimhin
radical lenition eclipsis
deimhin dheimhin ndeimhin

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

References

  1. ^ 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 26

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