damhán alla

Irish

Alternative forms

  • damhán allaidh

Etymology

From Old Irish damán allaid (literally “the fierce little stag”).

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˌd̪ˠuanˠ ˈal̪ˠɪː/, /ˌd̪ˠuan̪ˠ ˈal̪ˠɪː/[1] (corresponding to the form damhán allaidh)

Noun

damhán alla m (genitive singular damháin alla, nominative plural damháin alla)

  1. spider

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of damhán alla
radical lenition eclipsis
damhán alla dhamhán alla ndamhán alla

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 196, page 75

Further reading

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