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d'

[ə]

particle

LanguageIrish

Meaning
  1. apocopic form of do: Marker of the past tense.
  2. Used before vowel sounds (including when f has been lenited to fh before a vowel) and also before fr- lenited to fhr-. The variant form used before consonants, do, is generally omitted but may be encountered in Munster Irish and in literary language.
  3. marker of the past tense
  4. A small particle used before verbs beginning with a vowel to show that the action happened in the past.
Examples

d’ól sé

he drank

Pronunciationə

Part of speechparticle

Usage noteThis is a shortened form of 'do'. It is primarily used when the verb begins with a vowel sound.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.