déanamh

See also: dèanamh

Irish

Alternative forms

deunamh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish dénum (“act of doing, making”).^[1] By surface analysis, déan +‎ -amh

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): (Cork, Kerry) /ˈdʲia̯n̪ˠəvˠ/^[2], (Waterford) /ˈdʲeːn̪ˠə/^[3]
(Connacht)
- (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiːnˠə/, /ˈdʲeːnˠə/^[4]; /ˈdʲiːn̪ˠə/^[5]; /ˈdʲin̪ˠə/
- (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiːnˠuː/^[6], /ˈdʲa(ː)nˠuː/^[7]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲaːnˠu/^[8], /ˈdʲæ(ː)nˠu/^[9]

Noun

déanamh m (genitive singular as substantive déanaimh, genitive as verbal noun déanta)

verbal noun of déan
build (physique), figure (shape of human body)
make (brand)
manufacture (of goods)
(card games) deal

Declension

Verbal noun

Declension of déanamh (irregular, no plural)

bare forms
	singular
nominative	déanamh
vocative	a dhéanamh
genitive	déanta
dative	déanamh

forms with the definite article
	singular
nominative	an déanamh
genitive	an déanta
dative	leis an déanamh don déanamh

Substantive

Declension of déanamh (first declension, no plural)

bare forms
	singular
nominative	déanamh
vocative	a dhéanaimh
genitive	déanaimh
dative	déanamh

forms with the definite article
	singular
nominative	an déanamh
genitive	an déanaimh
dative	leis an déanamh don déanamh

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of *déanamh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
déanamh	dhéanamh	ndéanamh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dénum”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000), Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 539, page 285
^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947), The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 36, page 9
^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 84
^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975), The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 88, page 17
^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 393, pages 155–56
^ Stockman, Gerard (1974), The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 2), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, 38, 152, pages 4, 15
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 20, page 10
^ Wagner, Heinrich (1959), Gaeilge Theilinn: Foghraidheacht, Gramadach, Téacsanna [The Irish of Teelin: Phonetics, Grammar, Texts] (in Irish), Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 403, page 145; reprinted 1979