díoltas

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Classical Gaelic díghaltas.[2] By surface analysis, dioghail(t) +‎ -as. Compare Scottish Gaelic dìoghaltas.

Pronunciation

Noun

díoltas m (genitive singular díoltais)

  1. vengeance, revenge
    Synonym: agairt
    imir díoltas ar ― to take vengeance on, avenge oneself on
    rún díoltais ― vow or design of vengeance
  2. retribution
    Synonym: agairt
  3. reprisal, retaliation

Declension

Declension of díoltas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative díoltas díoltais
Vocative a dhíoltais a dhíoltasa
Genitive díoltais díoltas
Dative díoltas díoltais

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an díoltas na díoltais
Genitive an díoltais na ndíoltas
Dative leis an díoltas

don díoltas

leis na díoltais

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
díoltas dhíoltas ndíoltas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ “díoltas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dígaltas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 81

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