dìoghaltach
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish dígaltach (“that punishes or avenges; vengeful, vindictive”, adjective). By surface analysis, dìoghail + -t- + -ach.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editdìoghaltach (genitive singular masculine dìoghaltaich, comparative dìoghaltaiche)
Related terms
edit- dìoghaltas m (“vengeance, revenge”)
Noun
editdìoghaltach m (genitive singular dìoghaltaich, plural dìoghaltaich)
- avenger
- revengeful person
Mutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
dìoghaltach | dhìoghaltach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- 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
Categories:
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms interfixed with -t-
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns
- Scottish Gaelic nouns suffixed with -ach
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