dlighe

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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From Old Irish dliged (“guiding principle, law, theory; principle, rule, norm; dictum, authoritative statement; reason, argument; reckoning, computation; nature, condition, kind, manner”).

Noun

dlighe f (genitive singular dlighe, plural dlighean)

1. law, ordinance
2. duty
3. due, title, right
4. tribute, custom
5. perquisite
6. property

Derived terms

• ain-dlighe (“injustice, unlawfulness, unjust law; trespass; usury”)
• còir-dhlighe (“prerogative”)
• cùirt-dlighe (“assizes”)
• dlighe-sgrìobhaidh (“copyright”)
• dlighe-thabhairt (“legitimation”)
• dligheach (“legitimate”)
• dligheachas (“validity; duty”)
• péin-dlighe (“penal law”)

 

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “dlighe”, 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), “dliged”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language