dea-

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "dea"

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish dag- (“good”), from Proto-Celtic *dagos (“good”) (compare Welsh da).

Pronunciation

Prefix

dea-

  1. good, well-
    Synonyms: deas, maith

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with dea-

Mutation

Mutated forms of dea-
radical lenition eclipsis
dea- dhea- ndea-

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 37

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