díleáigh

Irish

Alternative forms

  • díleagh (obsolete)
  • díleaigh

Etymology

From Middle Irish dílegaid, from Old Irish do·lega. By surface analysis, dí- + leáigh.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲiːlʲeːj/[1], [ˈdʲiːlʲɛi̯] (as if spelled díléigh)

Verb

díleáigh (present analytic díleánn, future analytic díleáfaidh, verbal noun díleá, past participle díleáite)

  1. to digest
  2. to dissolve
  3. to destroy

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
díleáigh dhíleáigh ndíleáigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 60

Further reading

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