dìoghaltach

== Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish dígaltach (“that punishes or avenges; vengeful, vindictive”, adjective). By surface analysis, dìoghail +‎ -t- + -ach. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tʲiə.əl̪ˠt̪ʰəx/ === Adjective === dìoghaltach (genitive singular masculine dìoghaltaich, comparative nas dìoghaltaiche, superlative as dìoghaltaiche) revengeful, vengeful, vindictive ==== Related terms ==== dìoghaltas m (“vengeance, revenge”) === Noun === dìoghaltach m (genitive singular dìoghaltaich, plural dìoghaltaich) avenger revengeful person === Mutation === === References === Edward Dwelly (1911), “dìoghaltach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dígaltach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language