dóigh
Irish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editVerb
editdóigh (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
editFrom Old Irish doich (“likely, probably”, adjective).[3]
Noun
editdóigh 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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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
editEtymology 3
editFrom Old Irish dáig (“way, manner”).
Noun
editdóigh 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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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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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
editFrom Old Irish dáig (“for, since, because”)
Conjunction
editdóigh
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dóigh | dhóigh | ndóigh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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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