dealan
See also: dealán
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Cognate with Irish dealán (“spark”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʲal̪ˠan̪ˠ/
- Hyphenation: dea‧lan
Noun
dealan m (genitive singular dealain, plural dealanan)
- electricity
Declension
Declension of dealan (type I masculine noun)
| Indefinite | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | dealan | dealanan |
| Genitive | dealain | dealanan |
| Dative | dealan | dealanan |
| Definite | ||
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | (an) dealan | (na) dealanan |
| Genitive | (an) dealain | (nan) dealanan |
| Dative | (an) dealan | (na) dealanan |
| Vocative | (a) dhealain | (a) dhealanan |
Derived terms
- crann-dealain
- dealanach
- meidheadair-dealain
- post-dealain
- teud-dealain
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| dealan | dhealan |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading
- Colin Mark (2003), “dealan”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 215