diaga

Irish

Alternative forms

  • diadha (superseded spelling)

Etymology

From Old Irish díadae (“divine, godly”). By surface analysis, Dia (“God”) +‎ -ga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲiəɡə/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːɡə/[1]

Adjective

diaga

  1. divine, godly, godlike
  2. sacred, holy

Declension

Declension of diaga
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative diaga dhiaga diaga;
dhiaga2
vocative dhiaga diaga
genitive diaga diaga diaga
dative diaga;
dhiaga1 		dhiaga diaga;
dhiaga2
Comparative níos diaga
Superlative is diaga

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of diaga
radical lenition eclipsis
diaga dhiaga ndiaga

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 80

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