déidh

I.

desire; a noun formed from the adverbial phrase an déidh, after.

II.

déidh, an déidh

after, Irish a n-diaigh, Old Irish i n-dead, post, Early Irish i n-diaid, from Old Irish déad, finis, Welsh diwedd, finis, Cornish deweth, Breton diuez, *dê-ved-on (Stokes); from the root ved, lead, as in toiseach, q.v. (Stokes prefers ved of feadhainn. Also deidh, déigh, the latter a bad form etymologically. The Old Irish had also the form degaid (= di-agaid), the opposite of i n-agid, now an aghaidh, against, adversus.