deireadh

deireadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish deired.

Alternative forms

• deire

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲə/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲə/, /ˈdʲɛɾʲəvˠ/[1]
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲu/

Noun

deireadh m (genitive singular deiridh, nominative plural deirí)

1. end (of a period of time, story, object, etc.), finish, conclusion
2. (nautical) stern (of a boat, ship)

Declension

Declension of deireadh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative deireadh deirí Vocative a dheiridh a dheirí Genitive deiridh deirí Dative deireadh deirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an deireadh na deirí Genitive an deiridh na ndeirí Dative leis an deireadh don deireadh leis na deirí

Derived terms

• an ball is mó ar deireadh
• an meall is mó ar deireadh
• ar a ingne deiridh (“of animal: rearing, rampant”)
• ar an dé deiridh
• ar deireadh (“left behind; behindhand; at death's door”)
• ar lorg a deiridh (“sternways”)
• as a dheireadh (“eventually, at the heel of the hunt”)
• as deireadh na cúise (“finally, in the heel of the hunt”)
• bád a cheangal as a deireadh (“make fast a boat astern”)
• bí ar deireadh (“to be last”)
• bí ar deireadh le rud
• bí chun deiridh le rud
• bí faoi dheireadh le rud (“be behindhand with something”)
• cábán deiridh (“after-cabin”)
• ceathrú deiridh (“hindquarter”)
• chun deiridh ar (“aft of”)
• clár deiridh (“tail-board”)
• cóimheas deiridh (“ultimate ratio”)
• cos deiridh
• crann deiridh
• cuntas deiridh
• deireadh a chur le rud (“end something”)
• Deireadh Fómhair
• deireadh gealaí (“last phase of moon”)
• deireadh na Nollag (“the last days of Christmas”)
• deireadh seachtaine
• duine a chur chun deiridh (“set someone back”)
• dul chun deiridh (“fall behind, fail”)
• fág ar deireadh (“leave to the last; pass over; outdistance”)
• faoi dheireadh (“at last”)
• faoi dheireadh agus faoi dheireanaí (“at long last”)
• faoi dheireadh is faoi dhéanach
• faoi dheireadh is faoi dhéanaí
• gach díograis go deireadh
• gan tús gan deireadh (“without beginning or end, in utter confusion”)
• go lá dheireadh an domhain
• iarmhéid deiridh (“final balance”)
• i ndeireadh na dála (“when all is said and done”)
• i ndeireadh na mbeart (“finally”)
• iontrálacha deiridh (“closing entries”)
• ó thús go deireadh
• rámh deiridh (“stern-oar”)
• roth deiridh (“back-wheel”)
• rud a ligean chun deiridh (“let something into arrears, neglect something”)
• sa deireadh (“(back) aft”)
• seol deiridh (“mizzen-sail”)
• solas deiridh (“tail-light; stern-light”)
• sruth chun deiridh (“lagging current”)
• stoc deiridh (“closing stock”)
• suíochán deiridh (“back-seat”)
• thiar sa deireadh (“(back) aft”)
• tile deiridh (“stern-sheet”)

 

References

1. Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 78.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “deireadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 18

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• adeireadh (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲəx/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲətʲ/ (before sé, sí, sibh); /ˈdʲɛɾʲəx/ (elsewhere)
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲətʲ/ (before sé, sí, sibh); /ˈdʲɛɾʲuː/ (elsewhere)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲətʲ/ (before sé, sí, sibh); /ˈdʲɛɾʲu/ (elsewhere)

Verb

deireadh

1. inflection of abair:
   1. past habitual analytic
   2. past subjunctive analytic

Usage notes

Like all d-initial forms of abair, this term is immune to lenition and does not undergo eclipsis after the interrogative particle an.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deireadh	dheireadh	ndeireadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish deired.

Noun

deireadh m (genitive singular deiridh, plural deiridhean)

1. end (of a period of time)

   Thèid mi ann a-rithist aig deireadh a' mhìosa. ― I'll go there again at the end of the month.

Derived terms

• air dheireadh (“behind; late”)
• crann-deiridh (“mizzenmast”)
• deireadh-seachdain (“weekend”)
• mu dheireadh (“last; at last”)

 

Related terms

• deireannach (“last, final; tardy, dilatory”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
deireadh	dheireadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “deireadh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN