dealan

See also: dealán

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Cognate with Irish dealán (“spark”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲal̪ˠan̪ˠ/
• Hyphenation: dea‧lan

Noun

dealan m (genitive singular dealain, plural dealanan)

1. electricity

Declension

Declension of dealan (type I masculine noun)

indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	dealan	dealanan
genitive	dealain	dhealanan
dative	dealan	dealanan; dealanaibh✝
definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(an) dealan	(na) dealanan
genitive	(an) dealain	(nan) dealanan
dative	(an) dealan	(na) dealanan; dealanaibh✝
vocative	dhealain	dhealanan

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

• crann-dealain
• dealanach
• meidheadair-dealain
• post-dealain
• teud-dealain

Mutation

Mutation of dealan

radical	lenition
dealan	dhealan

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

Further reading

• Colin Mark (2003) “dealan”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 215