deabhtha

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Noun[edit]

deabhtha f

  1. (obsolete) strife, contention, fight.
    • Ossian, (collected in The Dean of Lismore's Book)
      Gun deabhtha gun dèanamh catha, gun bhi foghlum cleas diù.
      No fight, no battlefield, no learning noble feats of arms.

References[edit]

  • Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (Ó Dónaill) [1] (defines the word's cognate in Irish)
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