dìoghaltach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲiə.əl̪ˠt̪ʰəx/

Adjective

dìoghaltach (genitive singular masculine dìoghaltaich, comparative dìoghaltaiche)

1. revengeful, vengeful, vindictive

Related terms

• dìoghaltas m (“vengeance, revenge”)

Noun

dìoghaltach m (genitive singular dìoghaltaich, plural dìoghaltaich)

1. avenger
2. revengeful person

Mutation

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

• 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