dealg

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish delg.

Pronunciation

Noun

dealg f (genitive singular deilge, nominative plural dealga)

  1. prickle, thorn
  2. skewer
  3. pin, brooch

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dealg dhealg ndealg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish delg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʲal̪ˠak/

Noun

dealg f (genitive singular deilg, plural dealgan)

  1. prickle, thorn
  2. skewer
  3. pin

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
dealgdhealg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “dealg”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “delg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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