déarfadh

Irish

Alternative forms

adéarfadh, deurfadh (obsolete)

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeːɾˠhəx/
(Galway) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈdʲeːɾˠ(h)ətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈdʲeːɾˠ(h)əx/[1]
(Mayo) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈdʲeːɾˠhətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈdʲeːɾˠhuː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈdʲeːɾˠhətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈdʲeːɾˠhu/

Verb

déarfadh

conditional analytic of abair

Usage notes

Like all d-initial forms of abair, this term is immune to lenition. It does however undergo eclipsis after the interrogative particle an.

References

Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 78

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