diabhal

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish díabul,[2] from Latin diabolus (“devil”), from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “slanderer”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲiəl̪ˠ/[3]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈdʲauəlˠ/, /ˈdʲauəl̪ˠ/[4] (corresponding to the form deabhal)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɨ̞wəlˠ/, /ˈdʲɨ̞wəl̪ˠ/; /ˈdʲɪwəlˠ/, /ˈdʲɪwəl̪ˠ/[5]; (in oaths) /dʲuːlˠ/, /dʲuːl̪ˠ/[6]

Noun

diabhal m (genitive singular diabhail, nominative plural diabhail)

  1. devil
    Synonym: áibhirseoir
    Ní dual don diabhal bheith díomhaoin
    No rest for the wicked
    (literally, “It is not in the devil's nature to be idle”)

Declension

Declension of diabhal (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative diabhal diabhail
vocative a dhiabhail a dhiabhala
genitive diabhail diabhal
dative diabhal diabhail
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an diabhal na diabhail
genitive an diabhail na ndiabhal
dative leis an diabhal
don diabhal 		leis na diabhail

Derived terms

  • crosdiabhal (“Devil’s imp, mischievous person”)
  • diabhal Tasmánach (“Tasmanian devil”)
  • diabhaldánacht f (“devilry, diabolic art”)
  • diabhalta (“mischievous; very”, adjective)
  • diabhlaí (“diabolic, devilish”, adjective)
  • diabhlaíocht f (“devilry”)
  • diabhlánach m (“mischievous person; rogue, rascal”)
  • diabhlóir m (“wicked person; mischievous person”)

See also

Determiner

diabhal

  1. (colloquial) no, not a (emphatic)
    diabhal focal ― not a single word
    diabhal duine ― no one at all

Synonyms

  • don deabhal (Connacht)
  • don diabhal

Mutation

Mutated forms of diabhal
radical lenition eclipsis
diabhal dhiabhal ndiabhal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “diabhal”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 díabul”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 203, page 102
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 74
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 134, page 51
  6. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 48, page 22

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish díabul,[1] from Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “slanderer”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲiəvəl̪ˠ/

Noun

diabhal m (genitive singular diabhail, plural diabhlan or diabhail)

  1. devil

Derived terms

  • ban-diabhal (“female devil, fury”)
  • diabhal Tasmanach (“Tasmanian devil”)

Mutation

Mutation of diabhal
radical lenition
diabhal dhiabhal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 díabul”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “diabhal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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