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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish deg-, dag-, from Proto-Celtic *dagos (compare Welsh da).
Pronunciation
Adjective
deagh
- good, excellent, worthy
- deagh bheus ― good conduct
- deagh ghean ― goodwill
- deagh ainm ― good name
- dà dheagh mheann ― two good kids
- deagh dhuine ― a good man
Usage notes
Deagh always precedes the noun it qualifies. It lenites the noun.
Synonyms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| deagh |
dheagh
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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
- ^ 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
- ^ 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