Irish
- díghaltas, díoghaltas, díoghaltus (obsolete)[1]
Etymology
From Classical Gaelic díghaltas.[2] By surface analysis, díoghail + -tas. Compare Scottish Gaelic dìoghaltas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʲiːl̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈdʲiəl̪ˠt̪ˠəsˠ/[3]
Noun
díoltas m (genitive singular díoltais)
- vengeance, revenge
- Synonym: agairt
- imir díoltas ar ― to take vengeance on, avenge oneself on
- rún díoltais ― vow or design of vengeance
William Bedell (1541–1642),
Translation of the Bible into Irish (1685) Nahum, Chapter 1 Heading:
- Mordhacht Dé taisbeanta iona chaírdeas dá dhaoinibh agus a ndíoghaltas dá naimhdibh.
- The majesty of God displayed in his friendship to his people and in vengeance to his enemies
- retribution
- Synonym: agairt
- reprisal, retaliation
Declension
Declension of díoltas (first declension)
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Mutation
Mutated forms of díoltas
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lenition
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eclipsis
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dhíoltas
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ndíoltas
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ “díoltas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dígaltas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 81
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “díoġaltas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 338; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “díoltas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN