diallait

Irish

Alternative forms

• diallaid (Ulster)

Etymology

Alteration of Old Irish díllat (“vestment”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiəl̪ˠədʲ/ (corresponding to the form diallaid)

Noun

diallait f (genitive singular diallaite, nominative plural diallaití)

1. saddle (seat on an animal)
   • 1930, Karl Tempel (recorder), Seán Ó Tuairisc (speaker), An dochtúr óg agus an seandochtúr, The Doegen Records Web Project, [1]:

     […] agus chonaic sé diallait capall leagthaí istigh faoin leaba.

     […] and he saw a horse's saddle placed in under the bed.

2. saddle (lower point between two hills)

   Synonym: droimín

Further reading

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