déanamh

See also: dèanamh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish dénum (act of doing, making). By surface analysis, déan + -amh

Pronunciation

  • (Cork, Kerry) IPA(key): /ˈdʲia̯n̪ˠəvˠ/
  • (Waterford, (extinct) Kilkenny) IPA(key): /ˈdʲia̯n̪ˠə/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈdʲiːn̪ˠə/ (as if spelled díonamh); /ˈdʲɪn̪ˠə/ (as if spelled dionamh)
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈdʲiːnə/, /ˈdʲeːnə/[1]
  • (Doohoma, Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈdʲiːnˠuː/[2] (as if spelled díonamh)
  • (Achill, Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈdʲa(ː)nˠuː/[3] (as if spelled deánamh)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲaːnˠu/[4] (as if spelled deánamh)

Noun

déanamh m (genitive singular as substantive déanaimh, genitive as verbal noun déanta)

  1. verbal noun of déan
  2. build (physique), figure (shape of human body)
  3. make (brand)
  4. manufacture (of goods)
  5. (card games) deal

Declension

Verbal noun
Substantive

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
déanamh dhéanamh ndéanamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 84
  2. Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, pages 155–156:a sháith lé déanamh ə ha: l′e: d′i:nu:
  3. Stockman, Gerard (1974) The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; 2), Belfast: Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, pages 4, 15, 45
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 10

Further reading

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