dealán

See also: dealan

Irish

Etymology

Cognate with Scottish Gaelic dealan (“electricity”).

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲalˠanˠ/, /ˈdʲal̪ˠan̪ˠ/[1]

Noun

dealán m (genitive singular dealáin, nominative plural dealáin)

  1. alternative form of gealán (“spark”)

Declension

Declension of dealán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative dealán dealáin
vocative a dhealáin a dhealána
genitive dealáin dealán
dative dealán dealáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an dealán na dealáin
genitive an dealáin na ndealán
dative leis an dealán
don dealán 		leis na dealáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of dealán
radical lenition eclipsis
dealán dhealán ndealán

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 71
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