dainséar

dainséar

Irish

Alternative forms

• daimhséar, dainnséar, dainnseur, dainseur

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman dangier, from Old French dongier, from Vulgar Latin *dominārium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠainʲˈʃeːɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠan̠ʲʃeːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠan̠ʲʃaɾˠ/

Noun

dainséar m (genitive singular dainséir, nominative plural dainséir)

1. danger

   Synonym: contúirt

Declension

Declension of dainséar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative dainséar dainséir Vocative a dhainséir a dhainséara Genitive dainséir dainséar Dative dainséar dainséir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an dainséar na dainséir Genitive an dainséir na ndainséar Dative leis an dainséar don dainséar leis na dainséir

Derived terms

• dainséarach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dainséar	dhainséar	ndainséar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “dainséar” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• “dainnséar” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 220.
• "dainséar" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.