delg

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• delc

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *delgos.

Noun

delg n

1. thorn
2. pin, brooch

Inflection

Neuter s-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	delgN	delgN	delgaeL
vocative	delgN	delgN	delgaeL
accusative	delgN	delgN	delgaeL
genitive	delgaeL	delgae	delgaeN
dative	deilgL	delgaib	delgaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: delg m (o-stem)
  • Irish: dealg f (“thorn”)
  • Scottish Gaelic: dealg f (“thorn”)
  • Manx: jialg f (“acanthus”)

Mutation

Mutation of delg

radical	lenition	nasalization
delg	delg pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndelg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “delg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (1999) Nominale Wortbildung des älteren Irischen: Stammbildung und Derivation [Noun Formation in Old Irish: Stem-formation and derivation] (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie) (in German), volume 15, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 141