dìoghaltach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dígaltach (“that punishes or avenges; vengeful, vindictive”, adjective). By surface analysis, dìoghail +‎ -t- + -ach.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʲiə.əl̪ˠt̪ʰəx/

Adjective

dìoghaltach (genitive singular masculine dìoghaltaich, comparative dìoghaltaiche)

  1. revengeful, vengeful, vindictive

Noun

dìoghaltach m (genitive singular dìoghaltaich, plural dìoghaltaich)

  1. avenger
  2. revengeful person

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
dìoghaltachdhìoghaltach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “dìoghaltach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dígaltach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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