danartha
Irish
Alternative forms
- danardha, dannardha, dannartha
Etymology
From Middle Irish danarda. By surface analysis, danar (“foreigner, barbarian”) + -tha.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠanˠəɾˠə/, /ˈd̪ˠan̪ˠəɾˠə/
Adjective
danartha
- cruel (that intentionally causes pain and suffering)
- cold-blooded (lacking emotion or compunction)
- draconian (severe, oppressive or strict)
- fierce
- barbaric (uncivilised)
Declension
Declension of danartha
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | danartha | dhanartha | danartha; dhanartha² | |
| Vocative | dhanartha | danartha | ||
| Genitive | danartha | danartha | danartha | |
| Dative | danartha; dhanartha¹ | dhanartha | danartha; dhanartha² | |
| Comparative | níos danartha | |||
| Superlative | is danartha | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| danartha | dhanartha | ndanartha |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Alternative forms
- “danartha” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “danardae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “danarḋa” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 223.
- "danartha" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 47