deamhan
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Etymology
From Old Irish demon, borrowed from Latin daemon, from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “god, goddess, divine power”).
Pronunciation
Noun
deamhan m (genitive singular deamhain, nominative plural deamhain)
Declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Declension of deamhan
Derived terms
- deamhan coimhdeachta (“familiar spirit; evil genius”)
- deamhandíbirt (“exorcism”)
- deamhan fola (“vampire”)
- deamhanta (“demoniac(al); fiendish”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| deamhan | dheamhan | ndeamhan |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 19
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deamhan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “demon”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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