deagh

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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

Synonyms

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Mutation

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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

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  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. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “deagh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 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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