See also: déanamh

Scottish Gaelic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲianəv/, /ˈtʲianʊ/

Noun edit

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 edit

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 edit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “dèanamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dénum”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language