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Where does “dírialta” come from?

dírialta (Irish) comes from Irish dí, from Old Irish dí, from Proto-Celtic dī, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

dírialta (Irish): arbitrary

Definitions

  1. arbitrary

Ancestry of “dírialta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishdígenitive singular of deoch; de-, dis-; without
2Old Irishdíthird-person singular feminine of di: from her;...
3Proto-Celticdī—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
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