deisceart

From Old Irish descert, from dess (“right, south”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɛʃcəɾˠt̪ˠ/

deisceart m (genitive singular deiscirt)

1. south (any absolute geographic location on the right, as one faces the rising sun)
2. The South (of any geographic place)

• tuaisceart (“north”)
• oirthuaisceart (“northeast”)
• oirthear (“east”)
• oirdheisceart (“southeast”)
• iardheisceart (“southwest”)
• iarthar (“west”)
• iarthuaisceart (“northwest”)

• deisceartach

• aneas (“from the south”)
• ó dheas (“to the south”)
• theas (“in the south”)

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “descert”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deisceart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN