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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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dìsleach, stormy, uncouth, straggling, Ir. dísligheach, deviating, dí-slighe, slighe, path, q.v. In the sense of "stormy", the derivation is doubtful.
dìsne, a die, dice, Ir. dísle; from M.Eng dys, dice.
dìt, condemn, Ir. díotach, condemnatory, díotáil, an indictment; from the M. Eng. dîten, indict, Sc. dite - a parallel form to indict, endit, from Lat. indicto, dicto, dictate, dico, say. Further Sc. dittay.
dith, press together, dithimh, a heap (Sh.):
dìth, want, defeat, Ir. díth, O. Ir. díth, destruction, *dêto, from dê (as in de, of, dì-, un-); Lat. lêtum (=dêtum), death (Stokes).
dìthean, daisy, darnel, blossom, M. Ir. dithen, darnel, Manx jean (do.):
dithis, a pair, two, Ir. dís, O. Ir. dias, g. desse, dat. and acc. diis (also días, díis), duitas, *dveistâ, from the fem. *dvei, O.Ir dí, two. See dà. O. Ir. dias, *dveiassa: cf. Lat. bes, bessis, from *bejess (St.).
dìthreabh, a desert, Ir. díthreabh, O. Ir. dithrub; from dí- and treb; see treabh, aitreabh.
diu, diugh (to)-day, an diu, to-day, Ir. andiu, aniu, O. Ir. indiu, W. heddyw, M. Br. hiziu, Br. hirio, *divo- (Stokes); Skr. divâ; Lat. diû. See Di-, day. The an (O. Ir. in) is the article.
diù, worth while: *do-fiù; see fiù.
diùbhaidh, diùgha, refuse, the worst, diu (M'F., M'E), Ir. díogha; opposite of rogha. See roghainn.
diùbhail, mischief, loss; see dìobhail.
diùbhras, difference, diubhar (Arm.): *divr, *difr, from differ of Lat. differo. See difir.
diuc, the pip, a sickness of fowls:
diùc, a duke, Ir. diubhce, diúic (Keat.); from the Eng. duke.
diùcair, a ducker, a bladder for keeping nets at the proper depth under water; from the Eng. ducker.
diuchaidh, addled:
diùdan, giddiness, diudan (Arm.):
diug, an interjection to call hens, cluck, Ir. diugam, cluck: onomatopoetic. See diog.
diugan, mischance (H.S.D., which marks it as Dialectic):
diugh, to-day; see diu.
diùid, tender-hearted, a spiritless person, Ir. diúid, O. Ir. diuit, semplex:
diùlanas, bravery, Ir. díolúntas, earlier diolmhaineach, soldier, mercenarius; from dìol, pay.
