# diabhal
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* deabhal (Connacht)
* diabhar

### Etymology

From Old Irish díabul, from Latin diabolus (“devil”), from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “slanderer”).

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /ˈdʲiəl̪ˠ/
* (Connacht) IPA: /ˈdʲauəlˠ/, /ˈdʲauəl̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form deabhal)
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈdʲɨ̞wəlˠ/, /ˈdʲɨ̞wəl̪ˠ/; /ˈdʲɪwəlˠ/, /ˈdʲɪwəl̪ˠ/; (in oaths) /dʲuːlˠ/, /dʲuːl̪ˠ/

### Noun

diabhal m (genitive singular diabhail, nominative plural diabhail)
* devil
    Synonym: áibhirseoir
    Ní dual don diabhal bheith díomhaoinNo rest for the wicked(literally, “It is not in the devil's nature to be idle”)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
diabhal
diabhail
vocative
a dhiabhail
a dhiabhala
genitive
diabhail
diabhal
dative
diabhal
diabhail
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an diabhal
na diabhail
genitive
an diabhail
na ndiabhal
dative
leis an diabhal don diabhal
leis na diabhail :

#### Derived terms

* crosdiabhal (“Devil’s imp, mischievous person”)
* diabhal Tasmánach (“Tasmanian devil”)
* diabhaldánacht f (“devilry, diabolic art”)
* diabhalta (“mischievous; very”, adjective)
* diabhlaí (“diabolic, devilish”, adjective)
* diabhlaíocht f (“devilry”)
* diabhlánach m (“mischievous person; rogue, rascal”)
* diabhlóir m (“wicked person; mischievous person”)

#### See also

* diucs (euphemism)

### Determiner

diabhal
* (colloquial) no, not a (emphatic)
    diabhal focal ― not a single word
    diabhal duine ― no one at all

#### Synonyms

* don deabhal (Connacht)
* don diabhal

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ “diabhal”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 díabul”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 203, page 102
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 74
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 134, page 51
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 48, page 22

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “diabhal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish díabul, from Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos, “slanderer”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtʲiəvəl̪ˠ/

### Noun

diabhal m (genitive singular diabhail, plural diabhlan or diabhail)
* devil

#### Derived terms

* ban-diabhal (“female devil, fury”)
* diabhal Tasmanach (“Tasmanian devil”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 díabul”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “diabhal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN