diaga

Irish

Alternative forms

• diadha (superseded spelling)

Etymology

Old Irish díadae (“divine, godly”). By surface analysis, Dia (“God”) +‎ -ga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiəɡə/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲeːɡə/

Adjective

diaga

1. divine, godly, godlike
2. sacred, holy

Declension

Declension of diaga

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	diaga	dhiaga	diaga; dhiaga²
Vocative	dhiaga		diaga
Genitive		diaga	diaga	diaga
Dative	diaga; dhiaga¹	dhiaga	diaga; dhiaga²
Comparative	níos diaga
Superlative	is diaga

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• diagacht (“divinity”)
• diagaigh (“deify”)
• diagaire (“theologian”)
• diaganta (“godly, pious”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
diaga	dhiaga	ndiaga
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “diaga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “diaga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language