dlighe

Irish

Noun

dlighe m (genitive singular dlighe, nominative plural dlighthe)

Obsolete spelling of dlí (“law”)

Declension

Declension of dlighe

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dlighe	dlighthe
Vocative	a dhlighe	a dhlighthe
Genitive	dlighe	dlighthe
Dative	dlighe	dlighthe

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an dlighe	na dlighthe
Genitive	an dlighe	na ndlighthe
Dative	leis an dlighe don dlighe	leis na dlighthe

Verb

dlighe

Obsolete spelling of dlí (analytic present subjunctive of dligh)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dlighe	dhlighe	ndlighe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dliged (“law”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt̪li.ə/

Noun

dlighe f (genitive singular dlighe, plural dlighean)

Derived terms

ain-dlighe (“injustice, unlawfulness”)
còir-dhlighe (“prerogative”)
cùirt-dlighe (“assizes”)
dlighe-sgrìobhaidh (“copyright”)
dlighe-thabhairt (“legitimation”)
dligheach (“legitimate”)
dligheachas (“validity; duty”)
péin-dlighe (“penal law”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

Edward Dwelly (1911) “dlighe”, 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), “dliged”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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