díobháil
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See also: dìobhail
Irish
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish dígbáil (“lessening, diminishing, loss, want”), verbal noun of do·gaib (“lessens, diminishes, takes away, removes”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /dʲiːˈvˠɑːlʲ/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈdʲiːvˠɑːl/
- (Cois Fharraige, Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈdʲiːwɑːlʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɨ̞wælʲ/
Noun
[edit]díobháil f (genitive singular díobhála, nominative plural díobhálacha)
- verbal noun of díobháil
- damage, harm
- (figurative) injury, wound
Declension
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[edit]Verb
[edit]díobháil (present analytic díobhálann, future analytic díobhálfaidh, verbal noun díobháil, past participle díobháilte)
- to injure
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of díobháil (first conjugation – B)
*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Synonyms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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díobháil | dhíobháil | ndíobháil |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dígbál”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 86
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “díobháil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 41