dóighiúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• dóigheamhail (superseded spelling)

Etymology

From Middle Irish dóigemail; compare Scottish Gaelic dòigheil (“all right, well arranged, good-tempered”). By surface analysis, dóigh (“hope, likelihood”) +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔːjuːlʲ/

Adjective

dóighiúil (genitive singular masculine dóighiúil, genitive singular feminine dóighiúla, plural dóighiúla, comparative dóighiúla)

1. 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.

2. generous, decent, respectable

Declension

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

• dóighiúlacht

Mutation

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dóighiúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN