deilgneach

Irish

Alternative forms
  • dealgnach

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲalˠəɡnˠa(x)/, /ˈdʲal̪ˠəɡn̪ˠa(x)/[1] (corresponding to the form dealgnach)

Etymology 1

From Old Irish delgnach (“thorny, prickly, spiky, bristly”); deilgne (“thorns, prickles”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

deilgneach (genitive singular masculine deilgnigh, genitive singular feminine deilgní, plural deilgneacha, comparative deilgní)

  1. prickly, thorny
Declension
Declension of deilgneach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative deilgneach dheilgneach deilgneacha;
dheilgneacha²
Vocative dheilgnigh deilgneacha
Genitive deilgní deilgneacha deilgneach
Dative deilgneach;
dheilgneach¹		 dheilgneach;
dheilgnigh (archaic)		 deilgneacha;
dheilgneacha²
Comparative níos deilgní
Superlative is deilgní

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish deilgnech (“non-contagious disease of horses”).

Noun

deilgneach f (genitive singular deilgní)

  1. (pathology) chicken pox
Declension
Declension of deilgneach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative deilgneach
Vocative a dheilgneach
Genitive deilgní
Dative deilgneach
deilgnigh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an deilgneach
Genitive na deilgní
Dative leis an deilgneach
leis an deilgnigh (archaic, dialectal)

don deilgneach
don deilgnigh (archaic, dialectal)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
deilgneach dheilgneach ndeilgneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 88

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish delgnach (“thorny, prickly, spiky, bristly”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲelecnəx/

Adjective

deilgneach

  1. prickly, thorny

Synonyms

Derived terms

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