dealgach

Irish

Etymology

From dealg (“thorn; prickle, spine”) +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

Adjective

dealgach (genitive singular masculine dealgaigh, genitive singular feminine dealgaí, plural dealgacha)

  1. thorny, spiny

Declension

Declension of dealgach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative dealgach dhealgach dealgacha;
dhealgacha2
vocative dhealgaigh dealgacha
genitive dealgaí dealgacha dealgach
dative dealgach;
dhealgach1 		dhealgach;
dhealgaigh (archaic) 		dealgacha;
dhealgacha2
Comparative níos dealgaí
Superlative is dealgaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of dealgach
radical lenition eclipsis
dealgach dhealgach ndealgach

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 261, page 133

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