dìlse

See also: dílse

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dílse.[1] By surface analysis, dìleas +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲiːlʃə/

Noun

dìlse f (genitive singular dìlse, plural dìlsean)

  1. loyalty, faithfulness, fidelity
    Synonym: dìlseachd

Adjective

dìlse

  1. comparative degree of dìleas

Mutation

Mutation of dìlse
radical lenition
dìlse dhìlse

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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