dolega

See also: Dolega and Dołęga

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *dīlegāti. By surface analysis, dí- +‎ legaid. Cognate with Welsh dileu (to delete).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [doˈl͈ʲeɣa]

Verb

do·lega (verbal noun dílgend or dílgent)

  1. to destroy
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 62b20
      a n-imbed són ind slóig do·lega na ní téte, fo chosmailius dílenn
      the abundance of the army which destroys whatever it comes to, like a deluge

Conjugation

Complex, class A I present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive
active passive
singular plural singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
present indicative deut. do·lega
prot.
imperfect indicative deut.
prot.
preterite deut.
prot.
perfect deut. du·roilged
prot.
future deut.
prot.
conditional deut. dus·leichfitis (with infixed pronoun s-)
prot.
present subjunctive deut. dundam·legthar (with infixed pronoun dam-)
prot. ·derlegae (ro-form)
past subjunctive deut.
prot.
imperative dílegar
verbal noun dílgend, dílgent
past participle
verbal of necessity

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: dílegaid

Mutation

Mutation of do·lega
radical lenition nasalization
do·lega
also do·llega
do·lega
pronounced with /lʲ-/
do·lega
also do·llega

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

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔˈlɛ.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡa
  • Syllabification: do‧le‧ga
  • Homophone: Dolega

Verb

dolega

  1. third-person singular present of dolegać