diathad

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish díthat (“repast, collation”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd̥ʲiəhət̪/[1]

Noun

diathad m (genitive singular diathaid, plural diathadan)

  1. (particularly Lewis, Ross-shire) lunch, dinner
  2. any meal

Derived terms

  • diathad-beag (“breakfast”)
  • diathad-mór (“dinner”)
  • tìde-dhiathaid (“lunchtime”)

Mutation

Mutation of diathad
radical lenition
diathad dhiathad

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

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

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