damhán alla

Irish

Alternative forms
  • damhán allaidh

Etymology

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

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

Noun

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

  1. spider

Synonyms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
damhán alla dhamhán alla ndamhán alla
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 75

Further reading
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