dìg

See also: dig, dIG, DIG, díg, and dɨg

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish díc,[1] 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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʲiːk/

Noun

dìg f (genitive singular dìge, plural dìgean)

  1. ditch, dyke

Declension

Declension of dìg (class IIb feminine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative dìg dìgean
genitive dìge dhìgean
dative dìg dìgean; dìgibh
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) dìg (na) dìgean
genitive (na) dìge (nan) dìgean
dative (an) dìg (na) dìgean; dìgibh
vocative dhìg dhìgean

obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Mutation

Mutation of dìg
radical lenition
dìg dhìg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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