indeagó

Irish

Etymology

From English indigo, from Spanish and Portuguese índigo, from Latin indicum (“indigo”), from Ancient Greek ἰνδικόν (indikón, “Indian dye”), from Ἰνδία (Indía).

Noun

indeagó m (genitive singular indeagó)

1. indigo (color)

   Synonym: plúirín

2. indigo (dye)

   Synonym: plúirín

Declension

Declension of indeagó (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative indeagó vocative a indeagó genitive indeagó dative indeagó forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-indeagó genitive an indeagó dative leis an indeagó don indeagó

See also

Colors in Irish · dathanna (layout · text)

bán	liath	dubh
dearg; corcairdhearg	oráiste, flannbhuí; donn	buí; bánbhuí
líoma-ghlas, glas líoma	glas, uaine	dath an mhiontais
cian	gormghlas, spéirghorm	gorm
corcairghorm; indeagó	maigeanta; corcra	bándearg

Mutation

Mutated forms of indeagó

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
indeagó	n-indeagó	hindeagó	t-indeagó

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “indeagó”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN