go deo

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish co dead, from Old Irish co (“until”) + Old Irish dead (“end”) (but the collocation is not attested until Middle Irish).

Pronunciation

Adverb

go deo

  1. forever
  2. (with negative) never
    Synonym: riamh

Further reading

  • Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 86
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deo”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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