deartháir
Irish
Alternative forms
- dearbh-bhráthair (obsolete)
- dearbhráthair (obsolete)
- driotháir
Etymology
| PIE word |
|---|
| *dóru |
| PIE word |
|---|
| *bʰréh₂tēr |
From Old Irish derbráthair, from derb (“certain”) + bráthair (“brother”), from Proto-Celtic *brātīr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /dʲɾʲəˈhaːɾʲ/ (as if spelled dreatháir)[1]
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲɑːhərʲ/ (as if spelled dreáthair)[2]
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲɑːɾʲ/ (as if spelled dreáir)
- (West Connemara, South Mayo, Erris) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲiçaːɾʲ/ (as if spelled dricheáir)
- (Achill) IPA(key): /ˈdʲaɾˠhaɾʲ/ (as if spelled dearthair)
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲæːɾˠhaɾʲ/, /ˈdʲæːɾˠhəɾʲ/ (as if spelled deártháir or deárthair)[3]
Declension
Declension of deartháir
Irregular
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural: deartháracha (Cois Fharraige)
Coordinate terms
- deirfiúr (“sister”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| deartháir | dheartháir | ndeartháir |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 17
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 87
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 80, page 33
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “derbráthair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dearḃráṫair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 230
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deartháir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “deartháir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “deartháir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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