do-thuigsinneach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From do- +‎ tuigsinn + -ach. Compare Old Irish dothuicse (“unintelligibility”).

Adjective

do-thuigsinneach (genitive singular masculine do-thuigsinnich, comparative do-thuigsinniche)

  1. incomprehensible

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of do-thuigsinneach
radical lenition
do-thuigsinneach dho-thuigsinneach

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “do-thuigsinneach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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