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diabhal
diabhal
Irish
Alternative forms
- deabhal (Connacht)
Noun
diabhal m (genitive singular diabhail, nominative plural diabhail)
Declension
Declension of diabhal
First declension
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from diabhal
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Related terms
- diabhlaíocht f (“devilry; wizardry, witchcraft; devilment, mischievousness; cursing”)
Determiner
diabhal
Synonyms
- don deabhal (Connacht)
- don diabhal
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| diabhal | dhiabhal | ndiabhal |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "diabhal" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “2 díabul” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish díabul, from Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “slanderer”).
Noun
diabhal m (genitive singular diabhail, plural diabhlan or diabhail)
Derived terms
- ban-diabhal (“female devil, fury”)
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 0 901771 92 9
- “2 díabul” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.