delg

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• delc

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *delgos.

Noun

delg n

1. thorn
2. pin, brooch

Inflection

Neuter s-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	delgN	delgN	delgaeL
Vocative	delgN	delgN	delgaeL
Accusative	delgN	delgN	delgaeL
Genitive	delgaeL	delgae	delgaeN
Dative	deilgL	delgaib	delgaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: delg
  • Irish: dealg
  • Scottish Gaelic: dealg
  • Manx: jialg

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
delg	delg pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndelg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “delg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language