deamhan

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish demon, borrowed from Latin daemon, from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, god, goddess, divine power).

Pronunciation

Noun

deamhan m (genitive singular deamhain, nominative plural deamhain)

  1. demon
    Ó thigh (an) deamhain go tigh (an) diabhail.
    Out of the frying-pan into the fire.
    (literally, “From the demon's house to the devil's house.”)

Declension

Declension of deamhan (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative deamhan deamhain
vocative a dheamhain a dheamhana
genitive deamhain deamhan
dative deamhan deamhain
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an deamhan na deamhain
genitive an deamhain na ndeamhan
dative leis an deamhan
don deamhan
leis na deamhain

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of deamhan
radical lenition eclipsis
deamhan dheamhan ndeamhan

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 19

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish demon, borrowed from Latin daemon, from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, god, goddess, divine power).

Pronunciation

Noun

deamhan m (genitive singular deamhain, plural deamhanan)

  1. demon, fiend

Mutation

Mutation of deamhan
radical lenition
deamhan dheamhan

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