deacair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish deccair, from dí- + acar, equivalent to de + acra (“tool, service”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲakəɾʲ/
  • (Kerry) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɞkəɾʲ/[1], /ˈdʲakəɾʲ/[2]
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɞkəɾʲ/[3]
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈdʲækəɾʲ/

Adjective

deacair (genitive singular masculine deacair, genitive singular feminine deacra, plural deacra, comparative deacra)

  1. hard, difficult
    Synonyms: anfhurasta, doiligh
    Antonyms: furasta, socair
  2. reluctant [+ le (object)]
  3. (literary) troublesome

Declension
Declension of deacair
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative deacair dheacair deacra;
dheacra²
Vocative dheacair deacra
Genitive deacra deacra deacair
Dative deacair;
dheacair¹		 dheacair deacra;
dheacra²
Comparative níos deacra
Superlative is deacra

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

deacair f (genitive singular deacra, nominative plural deacra)

  1. difficulty
  2. hardship, distress

Declension
Declension of deacair

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative deacair deacra
Vocative a dheacair a dheacra
Genitive deacra deacra
Dative deacair deacra

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an deacair na deacra
Genitive na deacra na ndeacra
Dative leis an deacair

don deacair

 leis na deacra

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
deacair dheacair ndeacair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 18
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 57
  3. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 87

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