déirc
Irish
Alternative forms
- déirce f
Etymology
From Old Irish deercc (“God's love; charity”), a Christian compound of Día (“God”) and serc (“love”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʲeːɾʲc/
Noun
déirc f (genitive singular déirce)
- charity, alms(-giving)
- Déirc dá chuid féin (a thabhairt) don amadán. (proverb)
- (To) feed a dog with his own tail
- (literally, “To give the fool charity from his own belongings.”)
- Déirc an Domhnaigh a bhriseas droim an diabhail. (proverb)
- Occasional almsgiving is not charity in the true sense.
- (literally, “Sunday charity overloads the devil’s back.”)
Declension
Declension of déirc
Second declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
- (alms-giving): déanamh déirce
Derived terms
- ábhar déirce (“an object of charity”)
- altú na déirce (“thanksgiving for alms”)
- bean déirce (“beggar(-woman)”)
- déirc don phocán lán (“undeserving charity”)
- díol déirce (“object of charity”)
- dóigh déirce (“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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “deercc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 80
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “déirc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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