dea-

See also: dea, Dea, DEA, dèa, de'a, and deá-

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish deg-, dag (“good”), from Proto-Celtic *degos (“good”), *dagos (“good”) (compare Welsh da).

Prefix

dea-

  1. good, well-
    Synonyms: deas, maith

Derived terms

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Irish_words_prefixed_with_dea-'>Irish words prefixed with dea-</a>

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dea- dhea- ndea-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • "dea-" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 deg-” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “dea-” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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