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dèan

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See also: dean, Dean, déan, and deán

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. do
  2. make

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
  5. ^ Scouller, Alastair (2017) The Gaelic Dialect of Colonsay (PhD thesis), Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh

Further reading

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  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “do·gní”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “dèan”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN