deir
Irish
Alternative forms
- deireann
Etymology
From older adeir, from Old Irish at·beir (“says it”), from as·beir (“says”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʲɛɾʲ/
Verb
deir
- analytic present indicative of abair
Romansch
Etymology 1
From Latin dūrus.
Adjective
deir m (feminine singular deira, masculine plural deirs, feminine plural deiras)
- (Surmiran) hard
Alternative forms
- (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Rumantsch Grischun) dir
- (Puter, Vallader) dür
Etymology 2
From Latin dīcō, dīcere, from Proto-Italic *deikō, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to show, point out”).
Verb
deir
- (Surmiran) to say
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) dir
- (Sutsilvan) gir
Noun
deir m (plural deirs)
- (anatomy, Surmiran) liver
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) dir
Synonyms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) gnirom
- (Surmiran) nirom
- (Puter) gniram
- (Puter) fio