dìoghaltach
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish dígaltach (“that punishes or avenges; vengeful, vindictive”, adjective). By surface analysis, dìoghail + -t- + -ach.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dìoghaltach (genitive singular masculine dìoghaltaich, comparative dìoghaltaiche)
Related terms
[edit]- dìoghaltas m (“vengeance, revenge”)
Noun
[edit]dìoghaltach m (genitive singular dìoghaltaich, plural dìoghaltaich)
- avenger
- revengeful person
Mutation
[edit]| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| dìoghaltach | dhìoghaltach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “dìoghaltach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dígaltach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms interfixed with -t-
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives suffixed with -ach
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- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
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- Scottish Gaelic nouns suffixed with -ach
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