déirc

Irish

Alternative forms

déirce f

Etymology

From Old Irish deercc (“God's love; charity”), a Christian compound of Día (“God”) and serc (“love”).

Noun

déirc f (genitive singular déirce)

charity, alms(-giving)
Proverb:
Déirc dá chuid féin (a thabhairt) don amadán. ― (To) feed a dog with his own tail; literally “To give the fool charity from his own belongings.”

Proverb:
Déirc an Domhnaigh a bhriseas droim an diabhail. ― Occasional almsgiving is not charity in the true sense; literally “Sunday charity overloads the devil’s back.”

Declension

Declension of déirc

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	déirc
Vocative	a dhéirc
Genitive	déirce
Dative	déirc

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an déirc
Genitive	na déirce
Dative	leis an déirc don déirc

Synonyms

(alms-giving): déanamh déirce

Derived terms

Derived terms

ábhar déirce (“an object of charity”)
altú na déirce (“thanksgiving for alms, beggar's thanks”)

bean déirce (“beggar(-woman)”)
déirc don phocán lán (“undeserving charity”)

díol déirce (“object of charity”)
dóigh déirce (“person likely to give alms, generous almsgiver”)

fear déirce (“beggar(-man)”)
ord déirce (“mendicant order”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
déirc	dhéirc	ndéirc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"déirc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“deercc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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