deamhan
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish demon, borrowed from Latin daemon, from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “god, goddess, divine power”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /dʲəun̪ˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /dʲəunˠ/, /dʲəun̪ˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /dʲoːnˠ/, /dʲoːn̪ˠ/[1]
Noun
[edit]deamhan m (genitive singular deamhain, nominative plural deamhain)
Declension
[edit]Declension of deamhan
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- deamhan coimhdeachta (“familiar spirit; evil genius”)
- deamhandíbirt (“exorcism”)
- deamhan fola (“vampire”)
- deamhanta (“demoniac(al); fiendish”, adjective)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
deamhan | dheamhan | ndeamhan |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 19
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deamhan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “demon”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish demon, borrowed from Latin daemon, from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “god, goddess, divine power”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]deamhan m (genitive singular deamhain, plural deamhanan)
Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
deamhan | dheamhan |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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