daoirse
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- daoirseacht f
- daoirsine f
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish doíre (“captivity, slavery, bondage”), possibly altered through analogy with saoirse (“freedom, liberty”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
daoirse f (genitive singular daoirse)
- slavery, bondage; servitude, oppression
- Alternative form of daoire (“dearness, costliness”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of daoirse
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Related terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
daoirse | dhaoirse | ndaoirse |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “daoirse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “doíre”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language