Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Classical Gaelic díghaltas.[1] By surface analysis, dìoghail +‎ as. Compare Irish díoltas.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲiəl̪ˠt̪əs̪/

Noun

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dìoghaltas m (genitive singular dìoghaltais)

  1. revenge
  2. vengeance

Synonyms

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Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dígaltas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language