deisceart

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish descert, from dess (“right, south”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲɛʃcəɾˠt̪ˠ/

Noun

deisceart m (genitive singular deiscirt)

  1. south (any absolute geographic location on the right, as one faces the rising sun)
  2. The South (of any geographic place)

Declension

Declension of deisceart (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative deisceart
vocative a dheiscirt
genitive deiscirt
dative deisceart
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an deisceart
genitive an deiscirt
dative leis an deisceart
don deisceart

Coordinate terms

compass points:  [edit]

iarthuaisceart tuaisceart oirthuaisceart
iarthar oirthear
iardheisceart deisceart oirdheisceart

Derived terms

See also

Mutation

Mutated forms of deisceart
radical lenition eclipsis
deisceart dheisceart ndeisceart

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

Further reading

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