Cork Irish

Deirim is an irregular verb. Its verbal noun is rá /rɑ:/. The verbal adjective is ráite /rɑ:tʹi/.

Habitual present tense

Note: this historically correct forms are adeirim and ní abraim, explaining the lack of lenition; the dependent form is rarely seen and was almost never used by Peadar Ua Laoghaire in the negative. However, he did use ná h-abrann tú? in the negative interrogative in his translation of St. Matthew’s Gospel. A historical 2nd person singular is used by Peadar Ua Laoghaire in the phrase cad deirir? The autonomous form can be /dʹerʹhər/ or /dʹerʹtər/.

Simple past tense

Note: historically this verb was aduart.

Future tense

Note: the historically correct forms here are adéarfad and ní abród; the dependent form is rarely seen and was not used by Peadar Ua Laoghaire.

Conditional tense

Note: the historically correct forms here are adéarfainn and ní abróinn; the dependent form is rarely seen and was not used by Peadar Ua Laoghaire.

Habitual past or imperfect tense

Note: the historically correct forms are adeirinn and ní abrainn; the dependent form is rarely seen and was not used by Peadar Ua Laoghaire.

Imperative mood

Note: I have attested only abair and abraidh in the writings of Peadar Ua Laoghaire, although the abr- forms are part of the official Standardized Irish and so should still be available in Cork. The autonomous form can be /ɑbərhər/ or /ɑbərtər/.

Present subjunctive

Note: forms in deir- have been adopted in the official Standardized Irish, but I found one example of nó go n-abraidh sibh in Peadar Ua Laoghaire. The present subjunctive is often replaced by the future tense. The autonomous form can be /gə nɑbərhər/ or /gə nɑbərtər/.

Imperfect subjunctive

Note: the historically correct forms are shown, as they are attested in Peadar Ua Laoghaire, but dá n-abrainn is probably rivalled by dá ndeirinn. The past subjunctive is often replaced by the conditional tense. The second person singular can be pronounced /dɑ: nɑbərhɑ:/ or /dɑ: nɑbertɑ:/.