dèanamh

See also: déanamh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• dèanadh

Etymology

From Old Irish dénum (“act of doing”). By surface analysis, dèan +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲianəv/, /ˈtʲianʊ/
• (unstressed in rapid speech) IPA^(key): /tʲɪnəv/, /tʲɪnʊ/

Noun

dèanamh m (genitive singular dèanaimh)

1. verbal noun of dèan
2. doing, acting, performing
3. physique, figure, build, constitution
4. form, make, model
5. structure, texture, fabric

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
dèanamh	dhèanamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “dèanamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dénum”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language