dearg

From Old Irish derg, from Proto-Celtic *dergos (“red, crimson”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (“to dim, darken”); compare Old English deorc (“dark”) and Tocharian A tärkär/B tarkär (“cloud”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲaɾˠəɡ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲaɾˠək/^[1]
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲæɾˠəɡ/

dearg (genitive singular masculine deirg, genitive singular feminine deirge, plural dearga, comparative deirge)

1. red
2. live (being in a state of ignition; burning)
3. extreme, tremendous, utter

   dithneas dearg ― a tearing hurry

• rua
• (being in a state of ignition; burning): beo

dearg (present analytic deargann, future analytic deargfaidh, verbal noun deargadh, past participle deargtha)

1. (transitive) to redden
2. (transitive) to light (cigarette, pipe, etc.)

• deargaigh

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dearg	dhearg	ndearg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Colors in Irish · dathanna (layout · text)

bán	liath	dubh
dearg; corcairdhearg	oráiste, flannbhuí; donn	buí; bánbhuí
líoma-ghlas, glas líoma	glas, uaine	dath an mhiontais
cian	gormghlas, spéirghorm	gorm
corcairghorm; indeagó	maigeanta; corcra	bándearg

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “derg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dergaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dearg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 231
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deargaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 231
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dearg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dearg”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “dearg”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 44

From Old Irish derg, from Proto-Celtic *dergos (“red, crimson”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerg- (“to dim, darken”); compare Old English deorc (“dark”) and Tocharian A tärkär/B tarkär (“cloud”).

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈd̥ʲaɾaɡ̥/^[1]
• (Uist) IPA^(key): /ˈd̥ʲɛɾaɡ̥/^[2]

dearg m (genitive singular deirg)

1. red

dearg (genitive singular masculine deirg, genitive singular feminine deirge, nominative plural dearga, comparative deirge)

1. red
2. reddish (forming compounds with other colours)
3. complete, utter (as intensifier)

dearg

1. completely, utterly

Colors in Scottish Gaelic · dathan (layout · text)

bàn, geal	glas	dubh
dearg; ruadh	orains; donn	buidhe; donn
uaine	uaine	gorm
liath; glas	liath	gorm
purpaidh; guirmean	pinc; purpaidh	pinc

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
dearg	dhearg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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