deilgneach

Irish

Alternative forms

• dealgnach

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲalˠəɡnˠa(x)/, /ˈdʲal̪ˠəɡn̪ˠa(x)/ (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

• dealgach

Derived terms

• sreang dheilgneach (“barbed wire”)

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.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲelecnəx/

Adjective

deilgneach

1. prickly, thorny

Synonyms

• droighneach

Derived terms

• cadal-deilgneach
• cluaran-deilgneach

 

Related terms

• dealg

Mutation

Mutation of deilgneach

radical	lenition
deilgneach	dheilgneach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.