dithneas

Irish

Alternative forms

  • deithneas, deitheanas, deithineas[1]

Etymology

From Classical Gaelic deithnes.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛhənʲəsˠ/[3] (corresponding to the form deithneas or deithineas)

Noun

dithneas m (genitive singular deithnis)

  1. haste, speed, dispatch (act of doing something quickly)
    le dithneas ― with dispatch
  2. hurry (rushed action)
    dithneas dearg ― a tearing hurry

Declension

Declension of deithneas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative deithneas
vocative a dheithnis
genitive deithnis
dative deithneas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an deithneas
genitive an deithnis
dative leis an deithneas
don deithneas

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • dithneasach (“hurried”)
  • dithneasaigh (“to hurry”)
  • dithneasúil (“hurried”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dithneas
radical lenition eclipsis
dithneas dhithneas ndithneas

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

References

  1. ^ “dithneas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deithnes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  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, § 231, page 117

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