duileasg

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish duilesc (compare Irish duileasc), from Proto-Celtic *doliskos, *duliskos (compare Welsh delysg), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“to bloom, be green”).[1]

Noun

duileasg m (genitive singular duilisg)

  1. dulse

Derived terms
  • duileasg na h-aibhne m (“pondweed”)
  • duileasg nam beann m (“mountain dulse”)
  • duileasg-phiobrach m (“pepper dulse”)

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

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 103
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