Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Classical Gaelic díghaltas.[2] By surface analysis, díoghail +‎ -tas. Compare Scottish Gaelic dìoghaltas.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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díoltas m (genitive singular díoltais)

  1. vengeance, revenge
    Synonym: agairt
    imir díoltas arto take vengeance on, avenge oneself on
    rún díoltaisvow or design of vengeance
  2. retribution
    Synonym: agairt
  3. reprisal, retaliation

Declension

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Declension of díoltas (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative díoltas díoltais
vocative a dhíoltais a dhíoltasa
genitive díoltais díoltas
dative díoltas díoltais
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an díoltas na díoltais
genitive an díoltais na ndíoltas
dative leis an díoltas
don díoltas
leis na díoltais

Mutation

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Mutated forms of díoltas
radical lenition eclipsis
díoltas dhíoltas ndíoltas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ díoltas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dígaltas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 81

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