deilgneach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Irish delgnach (“thorny, prickly, spiky, bristly”); deilgne (“thorns, prickles”) + -ach.
Adjective
editdeilgneach (genitive singular masculine deilgnigh, genitive singular feminine deilgní, plural deilgneacha, comparative deilgní)
Declension
editDeclension of deilgneach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | deilgneach | dheilgneach | deilgneacha; dheilgneacha² | |
Vocative | dheilgnigh | deilgneacha | ||
Genitive | deilgní | deilgneacha | deilgneach | |
Dative | deilgneach; dheilgneach¹ |
dheilgneach; dheilgnigh (archaic) |
deilgneacha; dheilgneacha² | |
Comparative | níos deilgní | |||
Superlative | is deilgní |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
edit- sreang dheilgneach (“barbed wire”)
Etymology 2
editFrom Old Irish deilgnech (“non-contagious disease of horses”).
Noun
editdeilgneach f (genitive singular deilgní)
Declension
editDeclension of deilgneach
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
deilgneach | dheilgneach | ndeilgneach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 88
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish delgnach (“thorny, prickly, spiky, bristly”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editdeilgneach
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editMutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
deilgneach | dheilgneach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
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