Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish dílegaid, from Old Irish do·lega. By surface analysis, dí- +‎ leáigh.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲiːlʲeːj/[1], [ˈdʲiːlʲɛi̯] (as if spelled díléigh)

Verb edit

díleáigh (present analytic díleánn, future analytic díleáfaidh, verbal noun díleá, past participle díleáite)

  1. to digest
  2. to dissolve
  3. to destroy

Conjugation edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
díleáigh dhíleáigh ndíleáigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 60

Further reading edit