diog

See also: díog

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʲik/

Noun

diog m (genitive singular dioga, plural diogan)

  1. second (measure of time)

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh diawc, equivalent to di- (“not, without”) +‎ awg, from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ- (“swift”). Compare Latin ōcior (“quick”), Ancient Greek ὠκύς (ōkús, “id”), Sanskrit आशु (āśu, “id”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.ɔɡ/

Adjective

diog (feminine singular diog, plural diog, equative dioged, comparative diogach, superlative diogaf)

  1. lazy

Derived terms
  • diogi (“laziness; to loaf”)
  • diogyn (“lazybones, loafer”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
diog ddiog niog unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “diog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 97-8
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