Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish detach.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

deatach m (genitive singular deataigh)

  1. smoke
  2. vapour, steam
  3. (figuratively) occupied house

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

  • deataigh (smoke, transitive verb)
  • deatúil (smoky; vaporous, adjective)

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
deatach dheatach ndeatach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish detach, a derivative of (smoke).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

deatach f (genitive singular deataiche, plural deataichean)

  1. gas, smoke, vapour

Mutation edit

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

References edit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “deatach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN