deagh
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish deg-, dag-, from Proto-Celtic *dagos (compare Welsh da).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]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
[edit]Deagh always precedes the noun it qualifies. It lenites the noun.
Synonyms
[edit]- See Thesaurus:math.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| deagh | dheagh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902) “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99[2], Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
Further reading
[edit]Categories:
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives
- Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples