dílis
See also: dilis
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish díles.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʲiːlʲəʃ/
Adjective
dílis (genitive singular masculine dílis, genitive singular feminine dílse, plural dílse, comparative dílse)
- dear, fond
- loyal, faithful, trusty
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 194:
- « Ná bíodh brón ort », arsa Máire, « bead-sa im’ chailín dílis duit nó go dtí go bhfillfir arís ».
- “Don’t be sad,” Máire said, “I will be a faithful girl to you until you return again.”
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 194:
- friendly, reliable, sincere
- secure, firm
- darling, beloved
- (one's) own
- special
Declension
Declension of dílis
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | dílis | dhílis | dílse; dhílse² | |
| Vocative | dhílis | dílse | ||
| Genitive | dílse | dílse | dílis | |
| Dative | dílis; dhílis¹ | dhílis | dílse; dhílse² | |
| Comparative | níos dílse | |||
| Superlative | is dílse | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Alternative forms
- díleas
Derived terms
- aindílis
- ainm dílis
- dílseacht
Noun
dílis
- inflection of díleas:
- vocative/genitive singular
- nominative/dative plural
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dílis | dhílis | ndílis |
| 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), “1 díles ‘forfeited to; own’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “dílis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “dílis” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “dílis” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- “dílis”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 40