dea-

See also: dea, Dea, DEA, dèa, deá-, de-a, de'a, and deʼa

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish dag- (“good”), from Proto-Celtic *dagos (“good”) (compare Welsh da).

Pronunciation

Prefix

dea-

  1. good, well-
    Synonyms: deas, maith

Derived terms
Irish terms prefixed with dea-

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dea- dhea- ndea-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 37

Further reading
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