deireadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish deired.

Alternative forms

deire

Pronunciation

(Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲə/
(Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲuː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲu/

Noun

deireadh m (genitive singular deiridh, nominative plural deirí)

end (of a period of time, story, object, etc.)
finish
conclusion
(nautical, ~ báid, loinge) 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

Terms derived from deireadh

an ball is mó ar deireadh
an meall is mó ar deireadh
ar a ingne deiridh
ar an dé deiridh
ar deireadh
ar lorg a deiridh
as a dheireadh
as deireadh na cúise
bád a cheangal as a deireadh
bí ar deireadh
bí ar deireadh le rud
bí chun deiridh le rud
bí faoi dheireadh le rud
cábán deiridh
ceathrú deiridh
chun deiridh ar
clár deiridh
cóimheas deiridh

cos deiridh
crann deiridh
cuntas deiridh
deireadh a chur le rud
Deireadh Fómhair
deireadh gealaí
deireadh na Nollag
deireadh seachtaine
duine a chur chun deiridh
dul chun deiridh
fág ar deireadh
faoi dheireadh
faoi dheireadh agus faoi dheireanaí
faoi dheireadh is faoi dhéanach
faoi dheireadh is faoi dhéanaí
gach díograis go deireadh
gan tús gan deireadh

go lá dheireadh an domhain
iarmhéid deiridh
i ndeireadh na dála
i ndeireadh na mbeart
iontrálacha deiridh
ó thús go deireadh
rámh deiridh
roth deiridh
rud a ligean chun deiridh
sa deireadh
seol deiridh
solas deiridh
sruth chun deiridh
stoc deiridh
suíochán deiridh
thiar sa deireadh
tile deiridh

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Alternative forms

adeireadh (obsolete)

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

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)

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

Terms derived from deireadh

air dheireadh (“behind; late”)
crann-deiridh (“mizzenmast”)

deireadh-seachdain (“weekend”)

mu dheireadh (“last; at last”)

Related terms

Terms related to deireadh

deireannach (“last, final; tardy, dilatory”)

References

Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Eneas Mackay, 1911

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