damhán alla

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish damán allaid (literally “the fierce little stag”).

Pronunciation

Noun

damhán alla m (genitive singular damháin alla, nominative plural damháin alla)

  1. spider

Synonyms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
damhán alla dhamhán alla ndamhán alla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 196, page 75

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