dóighiúil
Irish
editAlternative forms
edit- dóigheamhail (superseded spelling)
Etymology
editFrom Middle Irish dóigemail; compare Scottish Gaelic dòigheil (“all right, well arranged, good-tempered”). By surface analysis, dóigh (“hope, likelihood”) + -úil.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editdóighiúil (genitive singular masculine dóighiúil, genitive singular feminine dóighiúla, plural dóighiúla, comparative dóighiúla)
- handsome, good-looking, beautiful
- Chonaic sí an aghaidh na mná ba dhóighiúla a chonaic sí ariamh. ― She saw the face of the most beautiful woman she had ever seen.
- generous, decent, respectable
Declension
editDeclension of dóighiúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dóighiúil | dhóighiúil | ndóighiúil |
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, § 150, page 59
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dóighiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN