See also: díog

Scottish Gaelic edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

diog m (genitive singular dioga, plural diogan)

  1. second (measure of time)

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Welsh diawc, equivalent to di- (not, without) +‎ awg, from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ- (swift). Compare Latin ōcior (quick), Ancient Greek ὠκύς (ōkús, id), Sanskrit आशु (āśu, id).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

diog (feminine singular diog, plural diog, equative dioged, comparative diogach, superlative diogaf)

  1. lazy

Derived terms edit

  • diogi (laziness; to loaf)
  • diogyn (lazybones, loafer)

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
diog ddiog niog unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “diog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 97-8