Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish dígaltach (that punishes or avenges; vengeful, vindictive, adjective). By surface analysis, dìoghail +‎ -t- + -ach.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tʲiə.əl̪ˠt̪ʰəx/

Adjective

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dìoghaltach (genitive singular masculine dìoghaltaich, comparative dìoghaltaiche)

  1. revengeful, vengeful, vindictive
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Noun

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dìoghaltach m (genitive singular dìoghaltaich, plural dìoghaltaich)

  1. avenger
  2. revengeful person

Mutation

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

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “dìoghaltach”, 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), “dígaltach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language