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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
Diardaoin, Thursday; see Di-.
diardan, anger, Ir. díardaoin, E. Ir. diartain; from di-, intensive prefix (E. Ir. dí, as in dímór, excessively great), from de, and ardan, pride. Cf. andiaraid, wrathful.
diarras, dìorras, stubbornness, vehemence, Ir. díorruisg, fierceness, rashness: dí-réidh?
dias, an ear of corn, so Ir., O. Ir. días, W. twys (pl.): *steipsâ, root steip, stiff, Lat. stipes, stake, stipula, Eng. stiff? Cf. geug and W. cang, ysgainc, for phonetics.
dibheach, an ant (H.S.D. quotes only O'R., while Arms. makes it obsolete; M'A. has it), Ir. dibheach: *de+beach?
dibhfhearg, vengeance, indignation, Ir. dibhghearg, díbhfearg (Keat.), E. Ir. díbérg; from dim and fearg; see di- of diardan.
dibhirceach, diligent (Sh.; H.S.D., which refers to C. S., but neither in M'A. nor M'E.), Ir. dibhirceach, diligent, violent (O'B., etc.):
dìbir, forsake; see dìobair.
dibith, dimbith, luckless, lifeless (Carm.):
dìblidh, abject, vile, Ir. díbligh, O. Ir. diblide, senium; seemingly from Lat. dêbilis, weak, feeble (Eng. debilitate, etc.). Zim. (Zeit. 24) has suggested *dí-adbul, "un-great", from adbul, i.e. adhbhal, q.v.
dìbrigh, dimbrigh, contempt, Ir. dimbrigh; from dim-, dí-, and brìgh, q.v.
dìchioll, diligence, Ir. díthchioll: *dícell-; for cell, see timchioll. Or from ciall, sense; "attention to"?
Di-ciadaoin, Wednesday; see Di-.
dìd, a peep; an onomatopoetic word.
dìdean, protection, a fort, Ir. dídean, O. Ir. dítiu, g. díten, *di-jemtion- (Stokes); root jem, cover, protect, Lett. ju'mju, ju'mt, cover a roof. The O. Ir. verb is do-emim tueor. Ascoli makes the root em, as in Lat. emo, buy. Cf. eiridinn.
Di-dòmhnuich, Sunday; see Di-.
difir, difference, Ir. difir, dithfir, M. Ir. dethbir; from Lat. differo, Eng. differ.
dìg, a wall of loose stones, a dike; from the Sc. dike, Eng. dike.
dil, eager, keen. See deil.
dìl, dìle, dìlinn, a flood, Ir. díle, pl. díleanna, E. Ir. díli, g. dílenn, diluvium; from Lat. diluvium (Stokes), whence Eng. deluge.
dile, dill (M'D.); from the Eng.
dìleab, a legacy, Ir. dilb (O'R.):
dileag, a small drop; from dìle, flood.
