díograis

Irish

Alternative forms

  • dioghrais, díoghrais, díoghras, dioghruis, díoghruis, dioghrus, díoghrus, diograis, díogruis[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish dígrais (“the best; zeal”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲiːɡɾˠəʃ/

Noun

díograis f (genitive singular díograise)

  1. fervor, zeal; fervent love; kindred affection
  2. beloved person; dear friend

Declension

Declension of díograis (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative díograis
vocative a dhíograis
genitive díograise
dative díograis
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an díograis
genitive na díograise
dative leis an díograis
don díograis

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of díograis
radical lenition eclipsis
díograis dhíograis ndíograis

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

References

  1. ^ “díograis”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dígrais”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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