diaga

Irish

Alternative forms

• diadha (superseded spelling)

Etymology

From Old Irish díadae (“divine, godly”). By surface analysis, Dia (“God”) +‎ -ga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiəɡə/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeːɡə/

Adjective

diaga

1. divine, godly, godlike
2. sacred, holy

Declension

Declension of diaga

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	diaga	dhiaga	diaga; dhiaga2
vocative	dhiaga		diaga
genitive		diaga	diaga	diaga
dative	diaga; dhiaga1	dhiaga	diaga; dhiaga2
Comparative	níos diaga
Superlative	is diaga

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• diagacht (“divinity”)
• diagaigh (“deify”)
• diagaire (“theologian”)
• diaganta (“godly, pious”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of diaga

radical	lenition	eclipsis
diaga	dhiaga	ndiaga

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “diaga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “diaga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language