deilgneach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • dealgnach, deilgíneach

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

  1. prickly, thorny
Declension
Declension of deilgneach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative deilgneach dheilgneach deilgneacha;
dheilgneacha2
vocative dheilgnigh deilgneacha
genitive 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
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

deilgneach f (genitive singular deilgní)

  1. (pathology) chicken pox
Declension
Declension of deilgneach (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative deilgneach
vocative a dheilgneach
genitive deilgní
dative deilgneach
deilgnigh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an deilgneach
genitive na deilgní
dative leis an deilgneach
leis an deilgnigh (archaic, dialectal)
don deilgneach
don deilgnigh (archaic, dialectal)

Mutation

Mutated forms of deilgneach
radical lenition eclipsis
deilgneach dheilgneach ndeilgneach

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 88

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲelecnəx/

Adjective

deilgneach

  1. prickly, thorny

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of deilgneach
radical lenition
deilgneach dheilgneach

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

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