deilgneach

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

dealgnach

Pronunciation edit

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲalˠəɡnˠa(x)/, /ˈdʲal̪ˠəɡn̪ˠa(x)/^[1] (corresponding to the form dealgnach)

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Irish delgnach (“thorny, prickly, spiky, bristly”); deilgne (“thorns, prickles”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective edit

deilgneach (genitive singular masculine deilgnigh, genitive singular feminine deilgní, plural deilgneacha, comparative deilgní)

prickly, thorny

Declension edit

Declension of deilgneach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	deilgneach	dheilgneach	deilgneacha; dheilgneacha²
Vocative	dheilgnigh	dheilgneach	deilgneacha
Genitive	dheilgnigh	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 edit

dealgach

Derived terms edit

sreang dheilgneach (“barbed wire”)
Coróin Deilgneach

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Irish deilgnech (“non-contagious disease of horses”).

Noun edit

deilgneach f (genitive singular deilgní)

(pathology) chicken pox

Declension edit

Declension of deilgneach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	deilgneach
Vocative	a dheilgneach
Genitive	deilgní
Dative	deilgneach deilgnigh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an deilgneach
Genitive	na deilgní
Dative	leis an deilgneach leis an deilgnigh (archaic, dialectal) don deilgneach don deilgnigh (archaic, dialectal)

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
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 edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish delgnach (“thorny, prickly, spiky, bristly”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈtʲelecnəx/

Adjective edit

deilgneach

prickly, thorny

Synonyms edit

droighneach

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

dealg

Mutation edit

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

[1] Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 88

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