Dùghall

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

dubh (“black, dark”) +‎ gall (“stranger, foreigner”). Compare Irish Dubhghall.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd̪̊uː.əl̪ˠ/[1], [ˈd̪̊uˑ.əl̪ˠ][2]

Proper noun

Dùghall m (genitive Dhùghaill, vocative a Dhùghaill)

  1. a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Dougal

Mutation

Mutation of Dùghall
radical lenition
Dùghall Dhùghall

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath, page 138
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
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