diaga
Irish
Alternative forms
- diadha (superseded spelling)
Etymology
Old Irish díadae (“divine, godly”). By surface analysis, Dia (“God”) + -ga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʲiəɡə/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːɡə/[1]
Adjective
diaga
- divine, godly, godlike
- sacred, holy
Declension
Declension of diaga
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | 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
- diagacht (“divinity”)
- diagaigh (“deify”)
- diagaire (“theologian”)
- diaganta (“godly, pious”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| diaga | dhiaga | ndiaga |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 80.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “diaga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “diaga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language