díleá

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Irish

Alternative forms

díleaghadh (obsolete)

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /dʲiːˈlʲaː/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiːl̠ʲɑː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiːl̠ʲeːw/, ^[1] (as if spelled díleádh)

Noun

díleá m (genitive singular as substantive díleá, genitive as verbal noun díleáite)

verbal noun of díleáigh
digestion

Mutation

Mutated forms of *díleá*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
díleá	dhíleá	ndíleá

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 60

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “díleá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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