díoltas

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Classical Gaelic díghaltas.[2] By surface analysis, dioghail(t) +‎ -as. 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 ar ― to take vengeance on, avenge oneself on
    rún díoltais ― vow 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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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
díoltas dhíoltas ndíoltas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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 (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 81

Further reading

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