déantús

• déanmhas, déantas
• deántus, deuntus, deuntús (superseded)^[1]

From déan (“to make”) +‎ tús (“beginning”).

déantús m (genitive singular déantúis, nominative plural déantúis)

1. manufacture (action or process of making goods)
2. creation (something created), work, composition
3. construction (anything constructed; structure)
4. make (origin of a manufactured article)

   Bhí an ceamara de dhéantús Gearmánach.

   The camera was of German make/manufacture.

5. (linguistic morphology) formation^[2]

• Alternative plural forms: déantúisí, déantúsaí

• (work, composition): saothar
• (construction): foirgneamh

• de dhéantús baile (“homemade”)
• déantús maitheasa (“capacity for doing good”)
• déantúsán
• déantúsaíocht

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “déantús”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 230
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “déantús”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN