dealaich

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Irish dealuighim, from Old Irish deligim or Old Irish deil (“to separate”), from Proto-Celtic *delwā, from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲalˠiç/

Verb

dealaich (past dhealaich, future dealaichidh, verbal noun dealachadh, past participle dealaichte)

  1. part, separate, segregate
  2. insulate (from heat, electricity, etc.)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “dealaich”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 124
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