deabhadh

deabhadh

See also: dèabhadh

Irish

Alternative forms

• deibheadh (archaic)
• deabhaidh

Etymology

From Old Irish debuith (“strife, contention”).

Noun

deabhadh m (genitive singular deabhaidh)

1. hurry, haste

   Tá deabhadh an tsaoil uirthi.

   She’s in a desperate hurry.

Declension

Declension of deabhadh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative deabhadh Vocative a dheabhaidh Genitive deabhaidh Dative deabhadh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an deabhadh Genitive an deabhaidh Dative leis an deabhadh don deabhadh

Synonyms

• deifir
• dithneas

Derived terms

• le deabhadh (“in a hurry”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deabhadh	dheabhadh	ndeabhadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• “debuith” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 deibed (‘haste, hurry’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “deaḃaiḋ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "deabhadh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.