dea-uair

Irish

Etymology

From dea- +‎ uair.

Noun

dea-uair f (genitive singular dea-uaire)

  1. good time, fortunate occasion (for someone)
    Antonym: drochuair
    Chuir sé mé ag gáire le linn na dea-uaire.
    He made me laugh during the good times.

Declension

Declension of dea-uair (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative dea-uair
vocative a dhea-uair
genitive dea-uaire
dative dea-uair
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an dea-uair
genitive na dea-uaire
dative leis an dea-uair
don dea-uair

Derived terms

  • ar an dea-uair (“fortunately”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dea-uair
radical lenition eclipsis
dea-uair dhea-uair ndea-uair

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

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