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deabhadh

deabhadh

See also: dèabhadh

Irish

Alternative forms

deibheadh (archaic)
deabhaidh

Noun

deabhadh m ‎(genitive singular deabhaidh)

hurry, haste
Tá deabhadh an tsaoil uirthi.‎
She’s in a desperate hurry.

Declension

Declension of deabhadh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	deabhadh
Vocative	a dheabhaidh
Genitive	deabhaidh
Dative	deabhadh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an deabhadh
Genitive	an deabhaidh
Dative	leis an deabhadh don deabhadh

Derived terms

le deabhadh ‎(“in a hurry”)

Synonyms

deifir
dithneas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deabhadh	dheabhadh	ndeabhadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“debuith” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“2 deibed (‘haste, hurry’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“deaḃaiḋ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"deabhadh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.