diathad

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish díthat (“repast, collation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲiəhət̪/

Noun

diathad m (genitive singular diathaid, plural diathadan)

1. lunch, dinner
2. any meal

Derived terms

• diathad-beag (“breakfast”)
• diathad-mór (“dinner”)
• tìde-dhiathaid (“lunchtime”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

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