daigh

See also: dáigh

Irish

Alternative forms

• doigh

Etymology

From Old Irish daig (“flame, blaze, conflagration, fire”).

Noun

daigh f (genitive singular daighe, nominative plural daitheacha)

1. (literary) flame, fire
2. stabbing pain, pang, twinge

Declension

Declension of daigh

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative daigh daigha Vocative a dhaigh a dhaigha Genitive daighe daigh Dative daigh daigha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an daigh na daigha Genitive na daighe na ndaigh Dative leis an daigh don daigh leis na daigha

Related terms

• daighear
• dóigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
daigh	dhaigh	ndaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “daigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “daig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language