doiligh
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish doilig, apparently from Old Irish do- + fulach (alternative form of fulang). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic duilich and Manx doillee.
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɪlʲɪɟ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɛlʲiː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠælʲi/[1] (as if spelled dailigh)
Adjective edit
doiligh (genitive singular feminine doilí, plural doilí, comparative doilí)
- difficult, hard
- Synonyms: anfhurasta, deacair
- troublesome, grievous, distressing
- hard, intractable
Declension edit
Declension of doiligh
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | doiligh | dhoiligh | doilí; dhoilí² | |
| Vocative | dhoiligh | doilí | ||
| Genitive | doilí | doilí | doiligh | |
| Dative | doiligh; dhoiligh¹ |
dhoiligh | doilí; dhoilí² | |
| Comparative | níos doilí | |||
| Superlative | is doilí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Superseded spellings:
Declension of doiligh
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | doiligh | dhoiligh | doilghe; dhoilghe² | |
| Vocative | dhoiligh | doilghe | ||
| Genitive | doilghe | doilghe | doiligh | |
| Dative | doiligh; dhoiligh¹ |
dhoiligh | doilghe; dhoilghe² | |
| Comparative | níos doilghe | |||
| Superlative | is doilghe | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Alternative comparative form: doilgheacha
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| doiligh | dhoiligh | ndoiligh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32
Further reading edit
- “doiligh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “doilig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “doiliġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 254
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “doiligh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN