dìle

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

dìle f (dative singular dìlinn, genitive singular dìleann, plural dìleannan)

  1. downpour, heavy rain
    Tha dìle a-muigh fhathast.There’s still a downpour outside.
  2. deluge, flood
    gu dìlinnforever; until the end of time (literally, “until the flood”)

Related terms

Mutation

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