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deacair

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish deccair, from dí- + *accor, the unattested verbal noun of ad·cuirethar (“to restore”), equivalent to de + acar (“tool, service”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. hard, difficult
    Synonyms: anacair, anfhurasta, (of terrain) achrannach, doiligh
    Antonyms: furasta, socair
  2. reluctant [with le]
  3. (literary) troublesome

Declension

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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

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deacair f (genitive singular deacra, nominative plural deacra)

  1. difficulty
  2. hardship, distress

Declension

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deccair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1996) “deccair”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume D, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page D-31
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 18
  4. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 57
  5. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 87

Further reading

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