deònach

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • deòntach, diùnach

Etymology

From Old Irish deónach (“willing, voluntary”). By surface analysis, deòin +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʲɔːnəx/

Adjective

deònach (genitive singular masculine deònaich, comparative deònaiche)

  1. willing, desirous, eager
    Antonym: aindeònach
  2. spontaneous

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

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “deònach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “deónach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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