drithle

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish drithliu.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

drithle f (genitive singular drithle, nominative plural drithlí or drithleacha or drithleanna)

  1. spark, sparkle
    Synonym: splanc
  2. glint
    Synonym: glioscarnach

Declension

Declension of drithle (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative drithle drithlí
vocative a dhrithle a dhrithlí
genitive drithle drithlí
dative drithle drithlí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an drithle na drithlí
genitive na drithle na ndrithlí
dative leis an drithle
don drithle 		leis na drithlí

Archaic declension:

Declension of drithle (fifth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative drithle drithleanna
vocative a dhrithle a dhrithleanna
genitive drithleann drithleann
dative drithlinn drithleanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an drithle na drithleanna
genitive na drithleann na ndrithleann
dative leis an drithlinn
don drithlinn 		leis na drithleanna

Derived terms

  • drithleach
  • drithleachas
  • drithleacht
  • drithleascóp
  • drithleog
  • drithleogach
  • drithligh
  • drithlín
  • drithlíneach
  • drithlíneacht

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “drithle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 149, page 77

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