dealaich
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Irish dealuighim, from Old Irish deligim or Old Irish deil (“to separate”), from Proto-Celtic *delwā, from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dealaich (past dhealaich, future dealaichidh, verbal noun dealachadh, past participle dealaichte)
Derived terms edit
- do-dhealachaidh
- do-dhealaichte
- eadar-dhealaich (“distinguish, part, separate”)
- dealaich pòsadh (“divorce”)
- mion-dealaich (“itemize”)
References edit
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “dealaich”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 124