damhán alla

Irish

Alternative forms

• damhán allaidh

Etymology

From Old Irish damán allaid (literally “the fierce little stag”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˌd̪ˠuanˠ ˈal̪ˠɪː/, /ˌd̪ˠuan̪ˠ ˈal̪ˠɪː/ (corresponding to the form damhán allaidh)

Noun

damhán alla m (genitive singular damháin alla, nominative plural damháin alla)

1. spider

Synonyms

• ruán alla
• fíodóir

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
damhán alla	dhamhán alla	ndamhán alla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “damhán alla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 75