díog

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiːɡ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish díc, from Middle French digue, from Old French dike, diic, from Middle Dutch dijc, from Old Dutch diic, dīc, from Frankish *dīk, from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (“pool”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, stab, pierce, dig”).

Noun

díog f (genitive singular díge, nominative plural díoga or díogacha)

1. ditch, trench (also in archaeology), dyke

   Synonyms: clais, trinse, silteán

2. moat

   Synonym: móta

3. drain (conduit for rainwater)

   Synonym: draein

Declension

Alternative forms

• díg

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “díg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 240
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “díog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 242
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “díog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Noun

díog f (genitive singular díge, nominative plural díoga)

1. Alternative form of diúg (“a drop of drink”)

Declension

Verb

díog (present analytic díogann, future analytic díogfaidh, verbal noun díogadh, past participle díogtha)

1. Alternative form of diúg (“to drink to the last drop”)

Conjugation

Etymology 3

Noun

díog f (genitive singular díge, nominative plural díoga)

1. Alternative form of gíog (“cheep, chirp”)

Declension

Verb

díog (present analytic díogann, future analytic díogfaidh, verbal noun díogadh, past participle díogtha)

1. Alternative form of gíog (“to cheep, chirp”)

Conjugation

Mutation

References