dóigh
Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish dóïd,[2] from Proto-Celtic *dauyeti. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic dòth, Manx daah (“to singe, scorch”), Welsh deifio, Breton deviñ, and Cornish dewi.
Alternative forms
[edit]Verb
[edit]dóigh (present analytic dónn, future analytic dófaidh, verbal noun dó, past participle dóite) (transitive, intransitive)
Conjugation
[edit]* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
- Alternative present: dóigheann
Derived terms
[edit]- blas dóite (“burnt taste”)
- dóire (“burner”)
- dóite ag an ngrian (“sunburned”)
- dóite ag an sioc (“seared by frost, frostbitten”)
- dóiteán (“conflagration, fire”)
- gáire dóite (“wry, dry smile”)
- grafadh dóite (“(moor)land scorched and grubbed for tillage”)
- siúcra dóite (“burnt sugar”)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Irish doich (“likely, probably”, adjective).[3]
Noun
[edit]dóigh f (genitive singular dóighe)
- hope, expectation; trust, confidence
- source of expectation; likely subject, mark
- likelihood; supposition, certainty, opinion
- (used adjectivally with copula, comparative dóiche, dóichí) likely, probable
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]From Old Irish dáig (“way, manner”).
Noun
[edit]dóigh f (genitive singular dóighe, nominative plural dóigheanna)
- way, manner (used primarily in fixed phrases, see Derived terms)
- ar an dóigh sin ― in that way
- state, condition; situation, circumstances
- Cad é an dóigh atá ort?
- How is your situation?
- means, opportunity
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- ar dhóigh ar bith (“anyhow”)
- ar dóigh (“fine, proper”)
- ar dóigh go (“in order that”)
- cén dóigh? (“in what way? how?”)
- dídhóigh
- dóigh ghiorraisc (“brusque manner”)
- dóigh mheallacach (“tempting manner”)
- gan dóigh (“bad off, destitute”)
Etymology 4
[edit]From Old Irish dáig (“for, since, because”)
Conjunction
[edit]dóigh
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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dóigh | dhóigh | ndóigh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 69
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dóïd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “doich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dóigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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