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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
which even extends to O. Ir. in pre-accentual de compounds. Hence do of the past tenses: do chaidh, went, i.e., deach; do rinn, did, from do-gníu, I do, etc.
dé, what; also gu dé; a curtailed form of ciod è, "what is it"; from ciod and è, q.v. Ir caidé, Galway godé.
dé, an dé, yesterday, Ir. ané, (andé), O. Ir. indhé, W. y ddoe, Br. deac'h, M. Br. dech, *sendi-gesi, art. an and *gesi; Lat. heri (= *hesî); Gr. χθές; Eng. yesterday. The Celtic forms are all influenced by the word for "to-day", G. an diu, O. Ir. indiu, W. heddyw, dyw; from diu, *divo, day, q.v. Zimmer in fact refers the word to the root of diu (Zeit.30 17). *jesi, ghjesi, heri, etc. (St.).
dé: teine dé, M. Ir. tene díait, lightning; *deia, shine with -anti or -anta (n.) (St.).
dèabh, drain, dry up, dèabhadh (pronounced dè-u, shrinking (as the staves of a wooden vessel), Dialectic deò; I. E. dhevo-, run, Eng. dew, Gr. θέω, run, Skr. dhav, run, flow.
deacaid, boddice, jacket; from Eng. jacket.
deacair, difficult, surly, Ir. deacair, O. Ir. deccair; for di-acar: prep. de and acar, as in socair, q.v.
deach, went; the post-particicle or enclitic form of do chaidh, q.v. Ir. deachaidh, O. Ir. dechud.
deachd, dictate, so Ir., deachdadh (n.); from Lat. dicto, dictatio, whence Eng. dictation.
deadhan, a dean; from the Eng.
deagh, good, Ir. deagh, O. Ir. deg-, dag-, W. da, Cor. da, bonum (gl.), Gaul. Dago-, *dago-, *dego-, "good, acceptable"; Gr. δέχεσθαι, receive. Further allied to Gr. δεξιός, right, δέκομαι receive; Lat. dexter, right, decus, doceo; Gaelic deas, O. Ir. dech, best (superlative to deagh or maith).
deaghad, living, diet, morals (Uist); see dìot.
deaghaidh: see déidh.
deal, friendly (H.S.D., M'E.); see dìleas.
deal, deala, a leech, Ir. deal, a blood-sucker (O'R.); from I. E. root dhê, suck, as in deoghail, q.v. Cf. Lit. dėlė, leech; also Ir. (and G. in Dict. therefrom) deala, teat, E. Ir. del.
dealaich, separate, Ir. dealuighim, E. Ir. deligim, deil, separation; I. E. delo-, to split, Skr. dalítas, split, Gr. δέλτος, tablet, Lit. dalis, part. Cf. †dàil, part.
dealan, dealanach, lightning, Ir. dealán, spark, flaming coal, *dilo-: root di, dei (dêi), deya (Fick), shine; Gr. δέελος (= δέj-ελος), conspicuous, δῆλοσ, ηλεαρ; Sκρ. δî, shine; further is *dei-vo-s, whence G. dia, etc. M. Ir. tene-gelain, "lightning", now "will o' the wisp"; tene-gelan, fireflaught.
