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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 (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 , two. See . 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.