deilgneach

Irish

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)

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Adjective

deilgneach

1. prickly, thorny

Synonyms

• droighneach

Derived terms

• cluaran-deilgneach

Related terms

• dealg