deagh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish deg-, dag-, from Proto-Celtic *dagos (compare Welsh da).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲoː/

Adjective

deagh

1. good, excellent, worthy

   deagh bheus ― good conduct

   deagh ghean ― goodwill

   deagh ainm ― good name

   dà dhegh mheann ― two good kids

   deagh dhuine ― a good man

Usage notes

Deagh always precedes the noun it qualifies. It lenites the noun.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:math.

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “deagh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC