díol

See also: diol and dìol

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish dílaid, from díl (satisfaction, paying, of a debt), from do·lá (rejects, remits (a debt)), from Proto-Celtic *dī-layeti (throw away), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁- (loosen, release).

Pronunciation

Verb

díol (present analytic díolann, future analytic díolfaidh, verbal noun díol, past participle díolta)

  1. sell
  2. (Munster, Ulster) pay
    Synonym: íoc
    • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal (overall work in English), Cambridge University Press, § 253, page 91:
      ə Nʹiəl̥ət(ʹ) ʃə
      [dhá ndíolfadh sé]
      if he were to pay
    • 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 196:
      Fan timpall an tighe agus má’s bean mise a dhíolann ní bheidh tusa aon nídh chun deireadh leis an scéal.
      Stay around the house, and if I'm a woman who pays, you won’t be set back in the matter.

Conjugation

Noun

díol m (genitive singular as substantive díola, genitive as verbal noun díolta)

  1. verbal noun of díol
  2. selling, sale

Declension

As substantive
Declension of díol (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative díol
vocative a dhíol
genitive díola
dative díol
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an díol
genitive an díola
dative leis an díol
don díol
As verbal noun
Declension of díol (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative díol
vocative a dhíol
genitive díolta
dative díol
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an díol
genitive an díolta
dative leis an díol
don díol

Mutation

Mutated forms of díol
radical lenition eclipsis
díol dhíol ndíol

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 82
  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, page 14

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