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English

Noun

deas (plural deases)

1. (Scotland) Alternative form of dais

Anagrams

• 'eads, AEDs, Ades, Desa, ESAD, Eads, Seda, ades, sade

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 *de?swo-, from *de?s- (“right-hand side”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?as?/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /d?æs?/

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

• aduaidh

Antonyms

• aneas

Derived terms

• deisiúr
• ó dheas (“southwards”)

See also

• deisceart (noun)
• theas (position)
• tuaisceart
• thuaidh

Adjective

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

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

Declension

Derived terms

• deiseach
• deiseal
• deasóg

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:

Declension

Mutation

References

• "deas" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “dess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Latin

Noun

de?s

1. accusative plural of dea

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???s/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dess (“right-hand; south; right, just; convenient, agreeable”), from Proto-Celtic *dexswos, from Proto-Indo-European *de?swo-, from *de?s- (“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

• (right): ceart

Antonyms

• (right): ceàrr, clì
• (adroit, dexterous): mì-dheas, aindeas

Derived terms

Noun

deas f (genitive singular deise, plural deasan)

1. south

Antonyms

• tuath

Derived terms

• a deas

Adjective

deas (comparative deise)

1. southern, south

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

deas

1. remain, abide

References

• “deas” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “dess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Noun

deas f pl

1. plural of dea

English

Etymology

From Middle English deef, from Old English d?af, from Proto-West Germanic *daub, from Proto-Germanic *daubaz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewb?- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ?????? (tuphlós, “blind”). See also dumb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?f/
• (dated, regional US and England) IPA^(key): /di?f/
• Rhymes: -?f
• Homophones: death (with th-fronting), Deaf, def

Adjective

deaf (comparative deafer, superlative deafest)

1. Unable to hear, or only partially able to hear.
   • 1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour

     Deaf with the noise, I took my hasty flight.

2. Unwilling to listen or be persuaded; determinedly inattentive; regardless.
3. Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
4. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) Decayed; tasteless; dead.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

   • If the season be unkindly and intemperate, they [peppers] will catch a blast; and then the seeds will be deafe, void, light, and naught.

Synonyms

• hard of hearing
• hearing-impaired

Derived terms

• Deaf
• Deaf Smith County
• fall on deaf ears
• stone deaf
• turn a deaf ear
• deaf aid
• deaf and dumb
• deaf-mute
• deafen
• deafness

Translations

See also

• inaudible (unable to be heard)
• anosmic
• blind

Noun

deaf (plural deafs)

1. (nonstandard, rare) A deaf person.

Usage notes

Used primarily within the deaf community.

Translations

Verb

deaf (third-person singular simple present deafs, present participle deafing, simple past and past participle deafed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To deafen.

See also

• Deafness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Deaf culture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• EDFA, fade

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *daub.

Germanic cognates include Old Frisian d?f, Old Saxon d?f (Low German dow), Old High German toub (German taub), Old Norse daufr (Swedish döv). The Indo-European root is also the source of Greek ?????? (tyflós, “blind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæ???f/

Adjective

d?af

1. deaf

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: deef, def
  • English: deaf
  • Scots: deef, deif, deaf