deagh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish deg-, dag-, from Proto-Celtic *dagos (compare Welsh da).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʲoː/

Adjective

deagh

  1. good, excellent, worthy
    • deagh bheus, good conduct
    • deagh ghean, goodwill
    • deagh ainm, good name
    • dà dhegh mheann, two good kids
    • deagh dhuine, a good man

Usage notes

Deagh always precedes the noun it qualifies. It lenites the noun.

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
deaghdheagh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “deagh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
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