dearg

From Old Irish derg, from Proto-Celtic *dergos (“red, crimson”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (“to dim, darken”); compare Old English deorc (“dark”) and Tocharian A tärkär/B tarkär (“cloud”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲaɾˠəɡ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲaɾˠək/^[1]
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲæɾˠəɡ/

dearg (genitive singular masculine deirg, genitive singular feminine deirge, plural dearga, comparative deirge)

1. red
2. live (being in a state of ignition; burning)
3. extreme, tremendous, utter

   dithneas dearg ― a tearing hurry

• rua
• (being in a state of ignition; burning): beo

dearg (present analytic deargann, future analytic deargfaidh, verbal noun deargadh, past participle deargtha)

1. (transitive) to redden
2. (transitive) to light (cigarette, pipe, etc.)

• deargaigh

From Old Irish derg, from Proto-Celtic *dergos (“red, crimson”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (“to dim, darken”); compare Old English deorc (“dark”) and Tocharian A tärkär/B tarkär (“cloud”).

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈd̥ʲaɾak/^[1]
• (Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈd̥ʲʒɛɾak/^[2][3]
• (Skye) IPA^(key): /ˈd̥ʲʒɛɾɛk/^[4]

dearg m (genitive singular deirg)

1. red

dearg (genitive singular masculine deirg, genitive singular feminine deirge, nominative plural dearga, comparative deirge)

1. red
2. reddish (forming compounds with other colours)
3. complete, utter (as intensifier)

dearg

1. completely, utterly

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “dearg”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “derg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language