deimheas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish demess, from Proto-Celtic *dwimessos, from *dwi- (“double”) + *meteti (“to cut, reap”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

deimheas m (genitive singular deimhis, nominative plural deimhis)

  1. (pair of) shears (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
  2. (pair of) clippers
    Synonym: bearrthóir
  3. (pair of) scissors
    Synonym: siosúr

Declension
Declension of deimheas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative deimheas deimhis
Vocative a dheimhis a dheimheasa
Genitive deimhis deimheas
Dative deimheas deimhis

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an deimheas na deimhis
Genitive an deimhis na ndeimheas
Dative leis an deimheas

don deimheas

 leis na deimhis

Further reading

References
  1. Pedersen, Holger (1909) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume I, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 162
  2. Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 34
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 34
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