dlí

Irish (Donegal)

/dʲlʲiː/

noun
Definitions
  • law (rule, code, instruction, or prohibition)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish dliged (principle, kind, norm, nature, law, reckoning, authoritative statement, computation, manner, rule, argument, guiding principle, theory, reason, dictum, condition) root from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelgʰ-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰelgʰ-

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