déan
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish ·dénai, prototonic form of do·gní.
The past indicative independent form rinne, formerly do-rinne, is from Old Irish do·rigni, deuterotonic form of the perfect tense of do·gní.
The past indicative dependent form dearna is from Old Irish *·dernai (compare ·dernus (1st sg.), ·dernais (2nd sg.), ·dernad (passive)), prototonic form of the perfect tense of do·gní.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʲeːnˠ/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /dʲiːn/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /dʲiːn/, /dʲɪn/
Verb
déan (present analytic déanann, future analytic déanfaidh, verbal noun déanamh, past participle déanta)
- (transitive, intransitive) do
- (transitive) make
Conjugation
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
The forms rinne and dearna lose their final vowel in Ulster, becoming rinn and dearn.
For Munster forms, see dein.
In older literary language, Aran, and Ulster, the present indicative and past habitual have independent forms built on the stem ní- (also spelled ghní-); the déan- forms listed above are only dependent.
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present independent | (gh)ním | (gh)ní tú; (gh)níonn tú; (gh)nír |
(gh)ní sé, sí; (gh)níonn sé, sí |
(gh)nímid; (gh)ní muid; (gh)níonn muid |
(gh)ní sibh; (gh)níonn sibh |
(gh)ní siad; (gh)níonn siad; (gh)níd |
a (gh)ní; a (gh)níonn; a (gh)níos |
(gh)níthear |
| past habitual independent | (gh)nínn | (gh)nítheá | (gh)níodh sé, sí | (gh)nímis; (gh)níodh muid |
(gh)níodh sibh | (gh)nídís; (gh)níodh siad |
a (gh)níodh | (gh)nítí | |
Derived terms
- bainis a dhéanamh (“to hold a wedding, celebrate a marriage”)
- déan cneámhaireacht ar, déan caimiléireacht ar (“cheat”)
- déanach
Verb
déan
- (archaic) first-person singular future dependent of déan
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʲeːnˠ/
Noun
déan m (genitive singular déin, nominative plural déin)
Declension
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| déan | dhéan | ndéan |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "déan" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 84.
- “do·gní” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.