diùlt

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Denominal from Old Irish diltud, verbal noun of do·sluindi.

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈd̥ʲɔ̃ũl̪ˠt̪/[1], [ˈd̥ʲʊul̪̊ˠt̪][2]
  • (Uist, Barra) IPA(key): /ˈd̥ʒuːl̪ˠt̪/[3]

Verb

diùlt (past dhiùlt, future diùltaidh, verbal noun diùltadh, past participle diùlte)

  1. refuse, reject, turn down
  2. deny, disown

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Jenny Ladefoged, Peter Ladefoged, Alice Turk, Kevin Hind (5 February 1996) “Word List for Scottish Gaelic (Great Bernera, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland)”, in The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive‎[1], Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics
  3. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
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