deagh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish deg-, dag-, from Proto-Celtic *dagos (compare Welsh da).

Pronunciation

Adjective

deagh

  1. good, excellent, worthy
    deagh bheus ― good conduct
    deagh ghean ― goodwill
    deagh ainm ― good name
    dà dheagh mheann ― two good kids
    deagh dhuine ― a good man

Usage notes

Deagh always precedes the noun it qualifies. It lenites the noun.

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutation of deagh
radical lenition
deagh dheagh

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966), Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “deagh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925), A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
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