"deimheas" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdʲivʲəsˠ/ [Connacht], /ˈdʲẽvʲəsˠ/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish demess, from Proto-Celtic *dwimessos, from *dwi- (“double”) + *meteti (“to cut, reap”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic deamhas, Manx jouish. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*met-}}, {{inh|ga|sga|demess}} Old Irish demess, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*dwimessos}} Proto-Celtic *dwimessos, {{cog|gd|deamhas}} Scottish Gaelic deamhas, {{cog|gv|jouish}} Manx jouish Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|deimhis|||||||nominative plural|deimhis|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} deimheas m (genitive singular deimhis, nominative plural deimhis), {{ga-noun|m|deimhis|deimhis}} deimheas m (genitive singular deimhis, nominative plural deimhis) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: deimhis [genitive, singular], deimhis [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], deimheas [indefinite, nominative, singular], deimhis [indefinite, nominative, plural], a dheimhis [indefinite, singular, vocative], a dheimheasa [indefinite, plural, vocative], deimhis [genitive, indefinite, singular], deimheas [genitive, indefinite, plural], deimheas [dative, indefinite, singular], deimhis [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an deimheas [definite, nominative, singular], na deimhis [definite, nominative, plural], an deimhis [definite, genitive, singular], na ndeimheas [definite, genitive, plural], leis an deimheas [dative, definite, singular], don deimheas [dative, definite, singular], leis na deimhis [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], deimheas [error-unrecognized-form], dheimheas [error-unrecognized-form], ndeimheas [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. (pair of) shears (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-deimheas-ga-noun-0AXQQkDb Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tools Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 61 2 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 3 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 3 9 Disambiguation of Tools: 45 5 51
  2. (pair of) clippers Tags: masculine Synonyms: bearrthóir
    Sense id: en-deimheas-ga-noun-nM62ubLC
  3. (pair of) scissors Tags: masculine Synonyms: siosúr
    Sense id: en-deimheas-ga-noun-SToV572o Categories (other): Tools Disambiguation of Tools: 45 5 51

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for deimheas meaning in Irish (4.6kB)

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