dligid

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲlʲiɣʲiðʲ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *dligeti. Compare Welsh dylu (“be indebted; have a right to”), Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌲𐍃 (dulgs, “debt”) and Old Church Slavonic длъгъ (dlŭgŭ, “debt”)).

Verb

dligid (conjunct ·dlig, verbal noun dliged)

1. to be entitled to, have a right to, be owed (something) [with do ‘from someone’] (as a debt)

   Dligid Brigit cuirm do Broccán. ― Broccán owes Brigit a beer. (literally, “Brigit is entitled to a beer from Broccán.”)

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 32^a20

     co ní·eper-sa fritso dligim ní duit

     that I may not say to you I am entitled to something from you

2. to deserve, merit
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 4^c23

     .i. a persin inna n-í as·beirtis ní neich in peccad, ní·dlig dígail

     i.e. in the person of those who used to say sin is no one's: he doesn't deserve punishment

3. (passive) to be due, to be required [with do ‘from/of someone’]

   Dlegair cís duit. ― You owe rent. (literally, “Rent is due from you.”)

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 62^c6b

     .i. a llaithe nundam·soira· dlegair· damsa a buidigud dosom int ṡoirtha sin isind aidchi dud·choisgedar

     i.e. the day that He delivers me, it is required of me to thank Him for that deliverance on the night that follows it.

Conjugation

Simple, class B I present, t and s preterite, s subjunctive

		1st sg	2nd sg	3rd sg	1st pl	2nd pl	3rd pl	passive sg	passive pl
present indicative	abs.	dligim		dligid			dlegait	dlegair	dlegtair
	conj.	·dligim	·dligi	·dlig		·dligid	·dlegat	·dlegar, ·dlegur
	rel.			dliges			dlegtae
imperfect indicative
preterite	abs.
	conj.			·dligestar				·dlecht
	rel.
perfect	deut.			ro·dligestar, ro·dlecht				ro·dlecht
	prot.
future	abs.
	conj.
	rel.
conditional
present subjunctive	abs.
	conj.			·dlé			·dlessat
	rel.
past subjunctive
imperative
verbal noun		dliged
past participle
verbal of necessity

Derived terms

• ad·dlig
• ar·dlig
• con·dlig
• for·dlig

Descendants

• Irish: dligh
• Scottish Gaelic: dligh

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dligid

1. genitive singular of dliged

Mutation

Mutation of dligid

radical	lenition	nasalization
dligid	dligid pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndligid

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dligid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language