deas

English

Noun

deas (plural deases)

  1. (Scotland) Alternative form of dais

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for deas in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

deas

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of dar
  2. second-person singular negative imperative of dar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish dess (“right-hand; south; right, just; convenient, agreeable”), from Proto-Celtic *dexswos, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱswo-, from *deḱs- (“right-hand side”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

deas

  1. (destination) south, southerly, to the south

Usage notes
  • This word refers only to the ultimate destination of movement (i.e., "to the south").

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

See also

Adjective

deas (genitive singular masculine deis, genitive singular feminine deise, plural deasa, comparative deise)

  1. right, right-hand (opposite of left)

Declension
Declension of deas
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative deas dheas deasa;
dheasa²
Vocative dheis deasa
Genitive deise deasa deas
Dative deas;
dheas¹		 dheas;
dheis (archaic)		 deasa;
dheasa²
Comparative níos deise
Superlative is deise

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Adjective

deas (comparative deise)

  1. (used predicatively) near, close; convenient (~ do (“to”))

Adjective

deas (genitive singular masculine deas, genitive singular feminine deise, plural deasa, comparative deise)

  1. right, correct (opposite of wrong)
  2. nice
  3. pretty
  4. honest
  5. straight

Usage notes

In the senses ‘nice’ and ‘pretty’, this adjective takes the adverbial construction go deas when used predicatively after a form of bí:

  • Tá an crann seo go deas. ― This tree is nice/pretty.

Declension
Declension of deas
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative deas dheas deasa;
dheasa²
Vocative dheas deasa
Genitive deise deasa deas
Dative deas;
dheas¹		 dheas deasa;
dheasa²
Comparative níos deise
Superlative is deise

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
deas dheas ndeas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "deas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “dess” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Latin

Noun

deās

  1. accusative plural of dea

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛs/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dess (“right-hand; south; right, just; convenient, agreeable”), from Proto-Celtic *dexswos, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱswo-, from *deḱs- (“right-hand side”).

Adjective

deas (comparative deise)

  1. ready, prepared, accomplished
  2. right, right-hand
  3. adroit, dexterous, skillful, expert
  4. trim, spruce
  5. erect
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
  • briogadh deis m (“right click”)
  • deasaich (“prepare; edit”, verb)
  • deas-àiteachadh m (“agriculture”)
  • deas-bhriathrach (“eloquent”, adjective)
  • deas-bhriathrach (“eloquent”, adjective)
  • deas-chainnt f (“eloquence”)
  • deas-cheumach (“stately in gait; having a neat manner of walking”, adjective)
  • deas-fhacal m (“ready word; smart reply”)
  • deas-fhear m (“ambidexter”)
  • deas-ghluasad m, deas-iomairt f (“proper gestures”)
  • deas-ghnàth m (“ceremony”)
  • deas-labhair (“articulate”, verb)
  • deas-labhairt m (“eloquence, address, fluency of speech; elocution”)
  • deas-labhrach (“eloquent, having a command of language”, adjective)
  • deas-làmh f (“right hand”)
  • deas-làmhach (“right-handed, ambidexterous; dexterous, “neat-handed.”; ready-handed; of, or pertaining to, a right hand”, adjective)
  • deas-làmhachd f (“ambidexterity; dexterity, “neatness” of hand”)
  • deiseil (“southward, sunward; clockwise; having a southern exposure; lucky; ready, prepared, finished”)

Noun

deas f (genitive singular deise, plural deasan)

  1. south
Antonyms
Derived terms

Adjective

deas (comparative deise)

  1. southern, south

Etymology 2

Verb

deas

  1. remain, abide

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “dess” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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