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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From dà- (“bi-, di-, two-”) + fiacaill (“tooth”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
dà-fhiaclach (genitive singular masculine dà-fhiaclaich)
- bidental (having two teeth)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| dà-fhiaclach |
dhà-fhiaclach
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “dà-fhiaclach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN