deifir

• deifre
• deithbhir (obsolete)

From Middle Irish deithbir (“reasonableness”), from Old Irish deithbir (“reasonable”, adjective).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛfʲəɾʲ/

deifir f (genitive singular deifre)

1. hurry (rushed action)

   Synonyms: deabhadh, dithneas

   Tá deifir orm. ― I am in a hurry.

   Deir sé go bhfuil deifir air. ― He says that he is in a hurry.

• deifrigh

deifir f (genitive singular deifreach, nominative plural deifreacha)

1. Munster form of difear (“difference”)

   Níl aon deifir idir an chanúint atá agam-sa agus do chanúint féin.

   There's no difference between my dialect and your own dialect.

• deifreach (“different”, adjective)

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “deifir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “deifir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 77
• Entries containing “deifir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 30