dealán

See also: dealan

Irish

Etymology

Cognate with Scottish Gaelic dealan (“electricity”).

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲalˠanˠ/, /ˈdʲal̪ˠan̪ˠ/[1]

Noun

dealán m (genitive singular dealáin, nominative plural dealáin)

  1. Alternative form of gealán (“spark”)

Declension
Declension of dealán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dealán dealáin
Vocative a dhealáin a dhealána
Genitive dealáin dealán
Dative dealán dealáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an dealán na dealáin
Genitive an dealáin na ndealán
Dative leis an dealán

don dealán

 leis na dealáin

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dealán dhealán ndealán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 71
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