diallait
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Alteration of Old Irish díllat (“vestment”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
diallait f (genitive singular diallaite, nominative plural diallaití)
- saddle (seat on an animal)
- 1930, Karl Tempel (recorder), Seán Ó Tuairisc (speaker), An dochtúr óg agus an seandochtúr, The Doegen Records Web Project, [1]:
- […] agus chonaic sé diallait capall leagthaí istigh faoin leaba.
- […] and he saw a horse's saddle placed in under the bed.
- 1930, Karl Tempel (recorder), Seán Ó Tuairisc (speaker), An dochtúr óg agus an seandochtúr, The Doegen Records Web Project, [1]:
- saddle (lower point between two hills)
- Synonym: droimín
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “díallait, díallaít”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “diallait”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN