dlighe

Gaelic (Scots)

noun
Definitions
  • law, ordinance
  • duty
  • due, title, right
  • tribute, custom
  • perquisite
  • property

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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