dílse

Irish

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiːlʲ(ə)ʃə/^[1]^[2]; /ˈdʲiːʃl̠ʲə/^[3] (corresponding to the form dísle)
(Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiːlʲʃə/^[4]
(Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiːʃl̠ʲə/^[5]^[6] (corresponding to the form dísle)

From Old Irish dílse.^[7] By surface analysis, dílis +‎ -e.

dílse f (genitive singular dílse)

ownership, right (to possess something)
loyalty, fidelity, allegiance
a chroí na dílse ― my sweetheart, my darling (vocative) (literally, “O heart of loyalty”)
appropriation
property
forfeiture
security, pledge

Declension of dílse (fourth declension, no plural)

forms with the definite article
	singular
nominative	an dílse
genitive	na dílse
dative	leis an dílse don dílse

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dílse

inflection of dílis:
1. feminine genitive singular
2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
3. comparative degree

Mutated forms of *dílse*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
dílse	dhílse	ndílse

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

^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 415 note 2, page 127; reprinted 1988
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 221, page 112
^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 323, page 150
^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 239, page 122
^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 548, page 197
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 442, page 142
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dílse”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language