dígal

Old Irish

Etymology

From dí- +‎ gal, which serves as a suppletive verbal noun for compounds of fichid. Cognate with Welsh dial.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲiːɣal/

Noun

dígal f (genitive díglae)

  1. verbal noun of do·fich
  2. revenge, vengeance
  3. punishment
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 6a13
      is deidbir ha áigthiu ar is do thabirt díglae berid in claideb sin
      it is reasonable to fear him, for it is to inflict punishment that he bears that sword

Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative dígalL dígailL dígla
Vocative dígalL dígailL dígla
Accusative dígailN dígailL dígla
Genitive digl(a)e dígalL dígalN
Dative dígailL díglaib díglaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
dígal dígal
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/		 ndígal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “dígal” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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