dligid

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲlʲiɣʲiðʲ/

From Proto-Celtic *dligeti. Compare Welsh dylu (“be indebted; have a right to”), Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲𐍃 (dulgs, “debt”) and Old Church Slavonic длъгъ (dlŭgŭ, “debt”)).

dligid (conjunct ·dlig, verbal noun dliged)

1. to be entitled to, have a right to, be owed (something) (as a debt)

   Dligid Brigit cuirm do Broccán. ― Broccán owes Brigit a beer. (literally, “Brigit is entitled to a beer from Broccán.”)

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 32^a20

     co ní·eper-sa fritso dligim ní duit

     that I may not say to you I am entitled to something from you

2. to deserve, merit
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4^c23

     .i. a persin inna n-í as·beirtis ní neich in peccad, ní·dlig dígail

     i.e. in the person of those who used to say sin is no one's: he doesn't deserve punishment

3. (passive) to be due, to be required

   Dlegair cís duit. ― You owe rent. (literally, “Rent is due from you.”)

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 62^c6b

     .i. a llaithe nundam·soira· dlegair· damsa a buidigud dosom int ṡoirtha sin isind aidchi dud·choisgedar

     i.e. the day that He delivers me, it is required of me to thank Him for that deliverance on the night that follows it.

• Irish: dligh
• Scottish Gaelic: dligh

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dligid

1. genitive singular of dliged

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dligid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language