dílis

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Irish

FWOTD – 15 May 2023

Etymology

From Middle Irish díles.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

dílis (genitive singular masculine dílis, genitive singular feminine dílse, plural dílse, comparative dílse)

  1. dear, fond
  2. loyal, faithful, trusty
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:
      « Ná bíodh brón ort », arsa Máire, « bead-sa im’ chailín dílis duit nó go dtí go bhfillfir arís ».
      “Don’t be sad,” Máire said, “I will be a faithful girl to you until you return again.”
  3. friendly, reliable, sincere
  4. secure, firm
  5. darling, beloved
  6. (one's) own
  7. special

Declension

Declension of dílis
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative dílis dhílis dílse;
dhílse²
Vocative dhílis dílse
Genitive dílse dílse dílis
Dative dílis;
dhílis¹ 		dhílis dílse;
dhílse²
Comparative níos dílse
Superlative is dílse

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Noun

dílis

  1. inflection of díleas:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dílis dhílis ndílis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 díles ‘forfeited to; own’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 74, page 40

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