díog

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish díc,[2] from Middle French digue, from Old French dike, diic, from Middle Dutch dijc, from Old Dutch diic, dīc, from Frankish *dīk, from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (pool), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (to stick, stab, pierce, dig).

Noun

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díog f (genitive singular díge, nominative plural díoga or díogacha)

  1. ditch, trench (also in archaeology), dyke
    Synonyms: clais, trinse, silteán
  2. moat
    Synonym: móta
  3. drain (conduit for rainwater)
    Synonym: draein
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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díog f (genitive singular díge, nominative plural díoga)

  1. Alternative form of diúg (a drop of drink)
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Verb

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díog (present analytic díogann, future analytic díogfaidh, verbal noun díogadh, past participle díogtha)

  1. Alternative form of diúg (to drink to the last drop)
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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díog f (genitive singular díge, nominative plural díoga)

  1. Alternative form of gíog (cheep, chirp)
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Verb

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díog (present analytic díogann, future analytic díogfaidh, verbal noun díogadh, past participle díogtha)

  1. Alternative form of gíog (to cheep, chirp)
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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
díog dhíog ndíog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 72
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “díc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language