àingleach
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish ainglecda, ainglech (“angelic”), from aingel (“angel”). By surface analysis, aingeal (“angel”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]àingleach
- angelic
- Synonyms: aingealach, ainglidh, ainglidheach
- igneous
Mutation
[edit]| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| àingleach | n-àingleach | h-àingleach | t-àingleach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “àingleach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ainglech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language