deamhan

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish demon, borrowed from Latin daemon, from Ancient Greek δαίμων (daímōn, “god, goddess, divine power”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dʲəunʲ]

Noun

deamhan m (genitive singular deamhain, nominative plural deamhain)

  1. demon
    Ó thigh (an) deamhain go tigh (an) diabhail.
    Out of the frying-pan into the fire.
    (literally, “From the demon's house to the devil's house.”)

Declension
Declension of deamhan

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative deamhan deamhain
Vocative a dheamhain a dheamhana
Genitive deamhain deamhan
Dative deamhan deamhain

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an deamhan na deamhain
Genitive an deamhain na ndeamhan
Dative leis an deamhan

don deamhan

 leis na deamhain

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.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

deamhan m (genitive singular deamhain, plural deamhanan)

  1. demon, fiend
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