deirtear

Irish

Alternative forms
  • adeirtear (obsolete)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛɾʲtʲəɾˠ/[1]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛɾˠhəɾˠ/, /ˈdʲɛɾˠt̪ˠəɾˠ/[2]

Verb

deirtear

  1. autonomous present indicative/subjunctive/imperative of abair

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
deirtear dheirtear ndeirtear
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 78
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 98
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