deireadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish deired.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Munster, Galway) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲə/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲə/, /ˈdʲɛɾʲəvˠ/[1]
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲu/

Noun

deireadh m (genitive singular deiridh, nominative plural deirí)

  1. end (of a period of time, story, object, etc.), finish, conclusion
  2. (nautical) stern (of a boat, ship)
Declension
Declension of deireadh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative deireadh deirí
Vocative a dheiridh a dheirí
Genitive deiridh deirí
Dative deireadh deirí

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an deireadh na deirí
Genitive an deiridh na ndeirí
Dative leis an deireadh

don deireadh

 leis na deirí
Derived terms
  • an ball is mó ar deireadh
  • an meall is mó ar deireadh
  • ar a ingne deiridh (“of animal: rearing, rampant”)
  • ar an dé deiridh
  • ar deireadh (“left behind; behindhand; at death's door”)
  • ar lorg a deiridh (“sternways”)
  • as a dheireadh (“eventually, at the heel of the hunt”)
  • as deireadh na cúise (“finally, in the heel of the hunt”)
  • bád a cheangal as a deireadh (“make fast a boat astern”)
  • bí ar deireadh (“to be last”)
  • bí ar deireadh le rud
  • bí chun deiridh le rud
  • bí faoi dheireadh le rud (“be behindhand with something”)
  • cábán deiridh (“after-cabin”)
  • ceathrú deiridh (“hindquarter”)
  • chun deiridh ar (“aft of”)
  • clár deiridh (“tail-board”)
  • cóimheas deiridh (“ultimate ratio”)
  • cos deiridh
  • crann deiridh
  • cuntas deiridh
  • deireadh a chur le rud (“end something”)
  • Deireadh Fómhair
  • deireadh gealaí (“last phase of moon”)
  • deireadh na Nollag (“the last days of Christmas”)
  • deireadh seachtaine
  • duine a chur chun deiridh (“set someone back”)
  • dul chun deiridh (“fall behind, fail”)
  • fág ar deireadh (“leave to the last; pass over; outdistance”)
  • faoi dheireadh (“at last”)
  • faoi dheireadh agus faoi dheireanaí (“at long last”)
  • faoi dheireadh is faoi dhéanach
  • faoi dheireadh is faoi dhéanaí
  • gach díograis go deireadh
  • gan tús gan deireadh (“without beginning or end, in utter confusion”)
  • go lá dheireadh an domhain
  • i ndeireadh na dála (“when all is said and done”)
  • i ndeireadh na mbeart (“finally”)
  • iarmhéid deiridh (“final balance”)
  • iontrálacha deiridh (“closing entries”)
  • ó thús go deireadh
  • rámh deiridh (“stern-oar”)
  • roth deiridh (“back-wheel”)
  • rud a ligean chun deiridh (“let something into arrears, neglect something”)
  • sa deireadh (“(back) aft”)
  • seol deiridh (“mizzen-sail”)
  • solas deiridh (“tail-light; stern-light”)
  • sruth chun deiridh (“lagging current”)
  • stoc deiridh (“closing stock”)
  • suíochán deiridh (“back-seat”)
  • thiar sa deireadh (“(back) aft”)
  • tile deiridh (“stern-sheet”)

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

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲəx/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲətʲ/ (before sé, sí, sibh); /ˈdʲɛɾʲəx/ (elsewhere)
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲətʲ/ (before sé, sí, sibh); /ˈdʲɛɾʲuː/ (elsewhere)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲətʲ/ (before sé, sí, sibh); /ˈdʲɛɾʲu/ (elsewhere)

Verb

deireadh

  1. inflection of abair:
    1. past habitual analytic
    2. past subjunctive analytic
Usage notes

Like all d-initial forms of abair, this term is immune to lenition and does not undergo eclipsis after the interrogative particle an.

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish deired.

Noun

deireadh m (genitive singular deiridh, plural deiridhean)

  1. end (of a period of time)
    Thèid mi ann a-rithist aig deireadh a' mhìosa. ― I'll go there again at the end of the month.

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
deireadhdheireadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “deireadh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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