daoirse

Irish

Alternative forms

• daoirseacht f
• daoirsine f

Etymology

From Old Irish doíre (“captivity, slavery, bondage”), possibly altered through analogy with saoirse (“freedom, liberty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠiːɾˠʃə/

Noun

daoirse f (genitive singular daoirse)

1. slavery, bondage; servitude, oppression
2. Alternative form of daoire (“dearness, costliness”)

Declension

Declension of daoirse

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative daoirse Vocative a dhaoirse Genitive daoirse Dative daoirse

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an daoirse Genitive na daoirse Dative leis an daoirse don daoirse

Related terms

• daor (“enslave; convict, condemn”, transitive verb)
• daor (“unfree; base, servile; convicted, condemned; hard, severe; costly (in effort, in suffering); dear, high-priced”, adjective)
• daor m (“unfree person; slave; condemned, convicted, person”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
daoirse	dhaoirse	ndaoirse
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “daoirse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “doíre”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language