deor

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /dʲoːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /dʲɔːɾˠ/

Noun

deor f pl

1. genitive plural of deoir

Noun

deor m (genitive singular deoir, nominative plural deora)

1. alternative form of deoir

Declension

Declension of deor (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative deor deora vocative a dheoir a dheora genitive deoir deor dative deor deora forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an deor na deora genitive an deoir na ndeor dative leis an deor don deor leis na deora

Mutation

Mutated forms of deor

radical	lenition	eclipsis
deor	dheor	ndeor

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

Middle English

Noun

deor

1. (AB language, Herefordshire, Ormulum, Shropshire, Somerset, Worcestershire) alternative form of der (“deer”)

Old English

Alternative forms

• dēar — Northumbrian
• dīor — Kentish

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm.

Germanic cognates include Old Frisian diār, Old Saxon dior, Old Dutch dior, dier, Old High German tior, Old Norse dýr, Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍃 (dius). Further cognates include Lithuanian dvė̃sti and Russian душа́ (dušá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de͜oːr/

Noun

dēor n

1. wild animal, beast
   • c. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham, transl., Hexameron of St. Basil‎:

     Hwæt ðā God ġeworhte ðurh his wunderlīċan mihte eall nȳtencynn on heora cynrynum, and ðā wildan dēor ðe on wudum eardiað, and eall ðæt fīðerfōte byð of ðǣre foresǣdan eorðan, and eall wyrmcynn ðā ðe crēopende bēoð, and ðā rēðan lēon, ðe hēr on lande ne bēoð, and ðā swiftan tigres, and ðā syllican pardes, and ðā eġeslīċan beran, and ðā ormǣtan ylpas.

     Then, through his wonderful might, God created all the kinds of animals according to their kinds, and the wild animals that dwell in the woods, and all the four-footed creatures of the aforementioned earth, and all the kinds of creeping reptiles, and the savage lions, which do not live here, and the swift tigers, and the marvelous leopards, and the fearful bears, and the huge elephants.

2. deer
3. reindeer

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	dēor	dēor
accusative	dēor	dēor
genitive	dēores	dēora
dative	dēore	dēorum

Derived terms

• dēorcynn
• dēoren
• wilddēor

Descendants

• Middle English: der, deer, dere, dier, deare, dure (Late Middle English), deor, dor, duer, dur (Southern, West Midland)
  • English: deer
  • Middle Scots: dere, deir, deyr
    • Scots: deer