dèan

See also: dean, Dean, déan, and deán

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ·dénai, prototonic form of do·gní.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʲian/

Verb

dèan (past rinn, future nì, verbal noun dèanamh, past participle dèanta)

do
make

Conjugation

Tense \ Voice	Active	Passive
Present	a' dèanamh	--
Past	rinn	rinneadh
Future	nì	nithear
Conditional	dhèanadh	dhèantadh

Derived terms

Terms derived from dèan

dèan adhradh (“worship”)
dèan briogadh clì (“left-click”)
dèan briogadh deis (“right-click”)
dèan bun no bàrr (“make head or tail”)
dèan casad (“cough”)
dèan casaid (“complain”)
dèan coimeas air (“compare”)
dèan dìmeas air (“despise”)
dèan dranndan (“snarl”)

dèan dùrdail (“coo”)
dèan fàite-gàire (“smile”)
dèan farchluais (“eavesdrop”)
dèan fead (“whistle”)
dèan feum de (“use”)
dèan fiughair ri (“look forward to”)
dèan gàire (“smile; laugh”)
dèan glugan (“gurgle”)

dèan in-imrich (“immigrate”)
dèan lethbhreac (“copy”)
dèan preasarlach (“coppice”)
dèan rèite (“atone”)
dèan sèist air (“besiege”)
dèan snodha-gàire (“smile”)
dèanta (“done, made”)
ionnsaich do sheanmhair lit' a dhèanamh (“teach grandmother how to suck eggs”)

References

“do·gní” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

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