deònach
Scottish Gaelic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish deónach (“willing, voluntary”). By surface analysis, deòin + -ach.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editdeònach (genitive singular masculine deònaich, comparative deònaiche)
- willing, desirous, eager
- Antonym: aindeònach
- spontaneous
Mutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
deònach | dheònach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- 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