go deo

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish co dead, from Old Irish co (“until”) + Old Irish dead (“end”) (but the collocation is not attested until Middle Irish).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡə ˈdʲoː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡə ˈdʲɔː/

Adverb

go deo

forever
(with negative) never

Synonyms

(never): riamh

Further reading

Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 86
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deo”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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