Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

deagh

1. good, excellent, worthy
   • deagh bheus, good conduct
   • deagh ghean, goodwill
   • deagh ainm, good name
   • dà dhegh mheann, two good kids
   • deagh dhuine, a good man

Usage notes

Deagh always precedes the noun it qualifies. It lenites the noun.

References

• 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 0 901771 92 9
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)