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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish díles.
Pronunciation
Noun
díleas m (genitive singular dílis, nominative plural dílis)
- personal property, private property
- dear, darling
Declension
Adjective
díleas (genitive singular masculine dílis, genitive singular feminine dílse, plural dílse, comparative dílse)
- Alternative form of dílis
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| díleas
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dhíleas
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ndíleas
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 díles ‘private property, possession’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “díleas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN