àingleach

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish ainglecda, ainglech (angelic), from aingel (angel). By surface analysis, aingeal (angel) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective[edit]

àingleach

  1. angelic
    Synonyms: aingealach, ainglidh, ainglidheach
  2. igneous

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
àingleach n-àingleach h-àingleach t-àingleach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “àingleach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ainglech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language