dílis

See also: dilis

Irish

FWOTD – 15 May 2023

Etymology

From Middle Irish díles.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲiːlʲəʃ/[2]

Adjective

dílis (genitive singular masculine dílis, genitive singular feminine dílse, plural dílse, comparative dílse)

  1. dear, fond
  2. loyal, faithful, trusty
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:
      « Ná bíodh brón ort », arsa Máire, « bead-sa im’ chailín dílis duit nó go dtí go bhfillfir arís ».
      “Don’t be sad,” Máire said, “I will be a faithful girl to you until you return again.”
  3. friendly, reliable, sincere
  4. secure, firm
  5. darling, beloved
  6. (one's) own
  7. special

Declension

Declension of dílis
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative dílis dhílis dílse;
dhílse2
vocative dhílis dílse
genitive dílse dílse dílis
dative dílis;
dhílis1 		dhílis dílse;
dhílse2
Comparative níos dílse
Superlative is dílse

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Noun

dílis

  1. inflection of díleas:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of dílis
radical lenition eclipsis
dílis dhílis ndílis

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 díles ‘forfeited to; own’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 74, page 40

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dílis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dílis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “dílis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “dílis”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
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