dealan

See also: dealán

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Cognate with Irish dealán (“spark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲal̪ˠan̪ˠ/
• Hyphenation: dea‧lan

Noun

dealan m (genitive singular dealain, plural dealanan)

1. electricity

Declension

Declension of dealan (type I masculine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dealan	dealanan
Genitive	dealain	dhealanan
Dative	dealan	dealanan; dealanaibh*
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) dealan	(na) dealanan
Genitive	(an) dealain	(nan) dealanan
Dative	(an) dealan	(na) dealanan; dealanaibh*
Vocative	(a) dhealain	(a) dhealanan

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

Derived terms

• crann-dealain
• dealanach
• meidheadair-dealain
• post-dealain
• teud-dealain

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Colin Mark (2003), “dealan”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 215