cadal-deilgneach

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Noun

cadal-deilgneach m (genitive singular cadail-dheilgnich, no plural)

  1. pins and needles (tingling felt in limb)
    Synonyms: crith-snadagan, cadal-ìneach, cadal-iongach, prìneachas, neulaiche
    tha cadal-deilgneach nam chasanI have pins and needles in my legs

Mutation

Mutation of cadal-deilgneach
radical lenition
cadal-deilgneach chadal-deilgneach

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap