deighil

Irish

Alternative forms

  • deaghlaigh

Etymology

From Middle Irish dedlaid.

Verb

deighil (present analytic deighleann, future analytic deighilfidh, verbal noun deighilt, past participle deighilte)

  1. (transitive) part, separate (one thing from another), split
  2. (transitive) divide, partition, segment

Conjugation

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Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
deighil dheighil ndeighil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • dedlaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “deaġluiġim” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "deighil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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