de dhíth

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /əˈjiç/[1], /əˈjih/ ~ /əˈjiː/ ~ /ɟəˈjiː/[2]

Adjective

de dhíth (predicative only)

  1. (Ulster) needed, lacking, needful
    Níl sé de dhíth orm.
    I don’t need it.
    (literally, “It is not needed on me.”)

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 200
  2. ^ 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 511, page 198; reprinted 1979
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