deisceart
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish descert, from dess (“right, south”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛʃcəɾˠt̪ˠ/
Noun
deisceart m (genitive singular deiscirt)
- south (any absolute geographic location on the right, as one faces the rising sun)
- The South (of any geographic place)
Declension
Declension of deisceart
First declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article:
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Coordinate terms
- tuaisceart (“north”)
- oirthuaisceart (“northeast”)
- oirthear (“east”)
- oirdheisceart (“southeast”)
- iardheisceart (“southwest”)
- iarthar (“west”)
- iarthuaisceart (“northwest”)
Derived terms
- deisceartach
See also
- aneas (“from the south”)
- ó dheas (“to the south”)
- theas (“in the south”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| deisceart | dheisceart | ndeisceart |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “descert” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- "deisceart" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.