déanaí

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /dʲiaˈn̪ˠiː/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːn̪ˠiː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːn̪ˠi/

Etymology 1

déanach +‎ -e

Noun

déanaí f (genitive singular déanaí)

  1. lateness, recentness
Declension
Declension of déanaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative déanaí
Vocative a dhéanaí
Genitive déanaí
Dative déanaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an déanaí
Genitive na déanaí
Dative leis an déanaí

don déanaí

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

déanaí

  1. inflection of déanach:
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. comparative degree

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
déanaí dhéanaí ndéanaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “déanaí”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “déiḋeanaiġe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 233
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “déanaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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