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)

  1. electricity

Declension
Declension of dealan (type I masculine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative dealan dealanan
Genitive dealain dhealanan
Dative dealan dealanan; dealanaibh*
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (an) dealan (na) dealanan
Genitive (an) dealain (nan) dealanan
Dative (an) dealan (na) dealanan; dealanaibh*
Vocative (a) dhealain (a) dhealanan

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
dealandhealan
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
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