duileasg

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish duilesc (compare Irish duileasc), from Proto-Celtic *doliskos, *duliskos (compare Welsh delysg), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“to bloom, be green”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Uist) IPA(key): /ˈd̪̊ɯləs̪k/[2]

Noun

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duileasg m (genitive singular duilisg)

  1. dulse

Derived terms

  • duileasg na h-aibhne m (“pondweed”)
  • duileasg nam beann m (“mountain dulse”)
  • duileasg-phiobrach m (“pepper dulse”)

Mutation

Mutation of duileasg
radical lenition
duileasg dhuileasg

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 103
  2. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966), Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
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