dainséar

Irish

Alternative forms

  • daimhséar
  • dainnséar, dainnseur, dainseur (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman dangier, from Old French dongier, from Vulgar Latin *dominārium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /d̪ˠainʲˈʃeːɾˠ/[2]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠanʲʃɛɾˠ/; /ˈd̪ˠavʲʃeːɾˠ/ (corresponding to the form daimhséar)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠæn̠ʲʃaɾˠ/[3], /ˈd̪ˠainʲʃəɾˠ/[4]

Noun

dainséar m (genitive singular dainséir, nominative plural dainséir)

  1. danger
    Synonym: contúirt

Declension

Declension of dainséar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative dainséar dainséir
vocative a dhainséir a dhainséara
genitive dainséir dainséar
dative dainséar dainséir
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an dainséar na dainséir
genitive an dainséir na ndainséar
dative leis an dainséar
don dainséar 		leis na dainséir

Derived terms

  • dainséarach

Mutation

Mutated forms of dainséar
radical lenition eclipsis
dainséar dhainséar ndainséar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “dainséar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968), The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 62, page 16; reprinted 1988
  3. ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925), Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish]‎[1] (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 248, page 108
  4. ^ Hamilton, John Noel (1974), A Phonetic Study of the Irish of Tory Island, Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 3), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University Belfast, page 266

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