deònach
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish deónach (“willing, voluntary”). By surface analysis, deòin + -ach.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]deònach (genitive singular masculine deònaich, comparative deònaiche)
- willing, desirous, eager
- Antonym: aindeònach
- spontaneous
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| deònach | dheònach |
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) “deònach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “deónach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language