díog

See also: diog

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲiːɡ/[1]

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish díc,[2] from Middle French digue, from Old French dike, diic, from Middle Dutch dijc, from Old Dutch diic, dīc, from Frankish *dīk, from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (pool), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (to stick, stab, pierce, dig).

Noun

díog f (genitive singular díge, nominative plural díoga or díogacha)

  1. ditch, trench (also in archaeology), dyke
    Synonyms: clais, trinse, silteán
  2. moat
    Synonym: móta
  3. drain (conduit for rainwater)
    Synonym: draein
Declension
Alternative forms
  • díg

Further reading

Noun

díog f (genitive singular díge, nominative plural díoga)

  1. Alternative form of diúg (a drop of drink)
Declension

Verb

díog (present analytic díogann, future analytic díogfaidh, verbal noun díogadh, past participle díogtha)

  1. Alternative form of diúg (to drink to the last drop)
Conjugation

Noun

díog f (genitive singular díge, nominative plural díoga)

  1. Alternative form of gíog (cheep, chirp)
Declension

Verb

díog (present analytic díogann, future analytic díogfaidh, verbal noun díogadh, past participle díogtha)

  1. Alternative form of gíog (to cheep, chirp)
Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
díog dhíog ndíog
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 72
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “díc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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