deirim

Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

deirim

  1. first-person singular present indicative of abair

Usage notes

Like all d-initial forms of abair, this term is immune to lenition and does not undergo eclipsis after the interrogative particle an.

Mutation

Mutated forms of deirim
radical lenition eclipsis
deirim not applicable ndeirim

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

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 78
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 327, page 114