deagh

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

deagh

  1. good, excellent, worthy
    deagh bheusgood conduct
    deagh gheangoodwill
    deagh ainmgood name
    dheagh mheanntwo good kids
    deagh dhuinea good man

Usage notes

Deagh always precedes the noun it qualifies. It lenites the noun.

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutation of deagh
radical lenition
deagh dheagh

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
  2. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “deagh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC