duileasc

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish duilesc (compare Scottish Gaelic duileasg), from Proto-Celtic *dolisko-, *dulisko- (compare Welsh delysg), from *dol-, *dulā-, *duljo- (leaf)[1]

Noun

duileasc m (genitive singular duilisc)

  1. dulse

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
duileasc dhuileasc nduileasc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko 2009: Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic. Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series, vol. 9. Boston: Brill. p103
  • "duileasc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • duilesc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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