dìoghaltach
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish dígaltach (“that punishes or avenges; vengeful, vindictive”, adjective). By surface analysis, dìoghail + -t- + -ach.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
dìoghaltach (genitive singular masculine dìoghaltaich, comparative dìoghaltaiche)
Related terms edit
- dìoghaltas m (“vengeance, revenge”)
Noun edit
dìoghaltach m (genitive singular dìoghaltaich, plural dìoghaltaich)
- avenger
- revengeful person
Mutation edit
Scottish 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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dígaltach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language