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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From dìlleachdan (“orphan”) + -achd.
Pronunciation
Noun
dìlleachdanachd f (genitive singular dìlleachdanachd, plural dìlleachdanachdan)
- orphanage
- Synonym: dìlleachdas
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| dìlleachdanachd |
dhìlleachdanachd
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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) “dìlleachdanachd”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN