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dìoghaltas

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Classical Gaelic díghaltas.[1] By surface analysis, dìoghail +‎ as. Compare Irish díoltas.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dìoghaltas m (genitive singular dìoghaltais)

  1. revenge
  2. vengeance

Synonyms

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Mutation

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Mutation of dìoghaltas
radical lenition
dìoghaltas dhìoghaltas

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dígaltas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath