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Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Noun
diog m (genitive singular dioga, plural diogan)
- second (measure of time)
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh diawc, equivalent to di- (“not, without”) + awg, from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ- (“swift”). Compare Latin ōcior (“quick”), Ancient Greek ὠκύς (ōkús, “id”), Sanskrit आशु (āśu, “id”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
diog (feminine singular diog, plural diog, equative dioged, comparative diogach, superlative diogaf)
- lazy
Derived terms
- diogi (“laziness; to loaf”)
- diogyn (“lazybones, loafer”)
Mutation
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “diog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies