dígbáil
Old Irish
Etymology
From dí- + gabál.
Noun
dígbáil f
- verbal noun of do·gaib: reduction, diminishing
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 45b7
- á Catuláin ⁊ ni·bí digbail folaid and calléic, cia beith ind apélugud.
- O little Catulus; and there is still no diminution of substance here, though there be the caressing.
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 45b7
- expenditure
- detriment
Inflection
The genitive singular is attested as dígbála in the St. Gall Priscian glosses; however, this could be simply a spelling mistake instead of indicating i-stem inflection.
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | dígbáilL | — | — |
| Vocative | dígbáilL | — | — |
| Accusative | dígbáilN | — | — |
| Genitive | dígbalaeH | — | — |
| Dative | dígbáilL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Middle Irish: dígbáil
- Irish: díobháil
- Scottish Gaelic: dìobhail
- Manx: juail
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| dígbáil | dígbáil pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ | ndígbáil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dígbal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language