déarfaí

Irish

Alternative forms
  • adéarfaí, deurfaí (obsolete)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːɾˠfˠiː/[1]

Verb

déarfaí

  1. autonomous conditional of abair

Usage notes

Like all d-initial forms of abair, this term is immune to lenition. It does however undergo eclipsis after the interrogative particle an.

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 78
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