déirc

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish deercc (“God's love; charity”), a Christian compound of Día (“God”) and serc (“love”).

Noun

déirc f (genitive singular déirce)

  1. charity, alms(-giving)
    Proverb:
    Déirc dá chuid féin (a thabhairt) don amadán. ― (To) feed a dog with his own tail; literally “To give the fool charity from his own belongings.”
    Proverb:
    Déirc an Domhnaigh a bhriseas droim an diabhail. ― Occasional almsgiving is not charity in the true sense; literally “Sunday charity overloads the devil’s back.”

Declension
Declension of déirc

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative déirc
Vocative a dhéirc
Genitive déirce
Dative déirc

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an déirc
Genitive na déirce
Dative leis an déirc

don déirc

Synonyms
  • (alms-giving): déanamh déirce

Derived terms
  • ábhar déirce (“an object of charity”)
  • altú na déirce (“thanksgiving for alms, beggar's thanks”)
  • bean déirce (“beggar(-woman)”)
  • déirc don phocán lán (“undeserving charity”)
  • díol déirce (“object of charity”)
  • dóigh déirce (“person likely to give alms, generous almsgiver”)
  • fear déirce (“beggar(-man)”)
  • ord déirce (“mendicant order”)

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

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