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Irish
Alternative forms
- diabhlóireacht, diablaíocht, diablóireacht
- diabhalaidheacht, diabhaluidheacht, diabhaluigheacht, diabhlaidheacht, diabhlaigheacht, diabhluidheachd, diabhluidheacht, diabhluigheacht, diablaidheacht, diablaigheacht, diabluidheacht, diabluigheacht (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Irish díablaidecht. By surface analysis, diabhlaí (from diabhal (“devil”)) + -acht.
Noun
diabhlaíocht f (genitive singular diabhlaíochta)
- devilry, devilment, mischief, mischievousness
- wizardry, witchcraft
- Synonyms: draíocht, draíodóireacht, asarlaíocht
Declension
Declension of diabhlaíocht
Mutation
Further reading
- “diabhlaíocht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “díablaidecht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “diaḃlaiḋeaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 238
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “diabhlaíocht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN