deònach

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• deòntach, diùnach

Etymology

From Old Irish deónach (“willing, voluntary”). By surface analysis, deòin +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲɔːnəx/

Adjective

deònach (genitive singular masculine deònaich, comparative deònaiche)

1. willing, desirous, eager

   Antonym: aindeònach

2. spontaneous

Mutation

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “deònach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deónach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language