dóighiúil
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- dóigheamhail (superseded spelling)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish dóigemail; compare Scottish Gaelic dòigheil (“all right, well arranged, good-tempered”). By surface analysis, dóigh (“hope, likelihood”) + -úil.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
dóighiúil (genitive singular masculine dóighiúil, genitive singular feminine dóighiúla, plural dóighiúla, comparative dóighiúla)
- handsome, good-looking, beautiful
- Chonaic sí an aghaidh na mná ba dóighiúla a chonaic sí ariamh. ― She saw the face of the most beautiful woman she had ever seen.
- generous, decent, respectable
Declension[edit]
Declension of dóighiúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | dóighiúil | dhóighiúil | dóigh; dhóigh² | |
| Vocative | dhóighiúil | dóigh | ||
| Genitive | dóigh | dóigh | dóighiúil | |
| Dative | dóighiúil; dhóighiúil¹ |
dhóighiúil | dóigh; dhóigh² | |
| Comparative | níos dóigh | |||
| Superlative | is dóigh | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dóighiúil | dhóighiúil | ndóighiúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dóighiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 59
