dlighe

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dliged (“guiding principle, law, theory; principle, rule, norm; dictum, authoritative statement; reason, argument; reckoning, computation; nature, condition, kind, manner”).

Noun

dlighe f (genitive singular dlighe, plural dlighean)

Derived terms

ain-dlighe (“injustice, unlawfulness, unjust law; trespass; usury”)
còir-dhlighe (“prerogative”)
cùirt-dlighe (“assizes”)
dligheach (“legitimate”)
dligheachas (“validity; duty”)
dlighe-sgrìobhaidh (“copyright”)
dlighe-thabhairt (“legitimation”)
péin-dlighe (“penal law”)

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “dliged”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

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