deamhan

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Irish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin daemon, from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daimōn, “god, goddess, divine power”).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [dʲəunʲ]

Noun [edit]

deamhan m (genitive deamhain, nominative plural deamhain)

  1. demon

Declension [edit]

Declension of deamhan

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative deamhan deamhain
Vocative a dheamhain a dheamhana
Genitive deamhain deamhan
Dative deamhan deamhain

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an deamhan na deamhain
Genitive an deamhain na ndeamhan
Dative leis an deamhan

don deamhan

 leis na deamhain

Derived terms [edit]

Mutation [edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
deamhan dheamhan ndeamhan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic [edit]

Noun [edit]

deamhan m (genitive deamhain, plural deamhanan)

  1. demon, fiend
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