deabhtha

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

deabhtha f

1. (obsolete) strife, contention, fight.
   • Ossian, (collected in The Dean of Lismore's Book)

     Gun deabhtha gun dèanamh catha, gun bhi foghlum cleas diù.

     No fight, no battlefield, no learning noble feats of arms.

References

• Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (Ó Dónaill) [1] (defines the word's cognate in Irish)