deilgneach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Irish delgnach (“thorny, prickly, spiky, bristly”); deilgne (“thorns, prickles”) + -ach.
Adjective
editdeilgneach (genitive singular masculine deilgnigh, genitive singular feminine deilgní, plural deilgneacha, comparative deilgní)
Declension
editsingular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | deilgneach | dheilgneach | deilgneacha; dheilgneacha2 | |
vocative | dheilgnigh | deilgneacha | ||
genitive | deilgní | deilgneacha | deilgneach | |
dative | deilgneach; dheilgneach1 |
dheilgneach; dheilgnigh (archaic) |
deilgneacha; dheilgneacha2 | |
Comparative | níos deilgní | |||
Superlative | is deilgní |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- sreang dheilgneach (“barbed wire”)
Etymology 2
editFrom Old Irish deilgnech (“non-contagious disease of horses”).
Noun
editdeilgneach f (genitive singular deilgní)
Declension
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Mutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
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deilgneach | dheilgneach | ndeilgneach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 88
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish delgnach (“thorny, prickly, spiky, bristly”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editdeilgneach
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editMutation
editradical | lenition |
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deilgneach | dheilgneach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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