daah

Manx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [daː]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dath (“colour, dye”).

Noun

daah m (genitive singular daah, plural daaghyn or daahghyn)

1. colour, colouration, hue

   Cre'n daah dy chabbyl t'ayd?

   What colour is your horse?

2. dye, stain
3. pigment
4. paint

Synonyms

• (colour, hue, dye): cullyr

Derived terms

• kishtey daah (“paintbox”)
• undaah (“monochrome”)
• undaahagh (“monochromatic”)

Verb

daah (verbal noun daaghey or daahghey, past participle daait)

1. to colour, dye, paint

Synonyms

• (colour, dye): cullyr

Derived terms

• aaghaah (“redye”)
• neughaa (“discolour”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish dóigid, from Old Irish dóïd, from Proto-Celtic *dauyeti. Cognate with Irish dóigh (“burn”) and Scottish Gaelic dòth.

Verb

daah (past ghaah, verbal noun daahjey, past participle daahjit or daahit)

1. singe, scorch
2. cauterize

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
daah	ghaah	naah
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.