doilíos

Irish

Alternative forms

• doilgheas, doilghios, doilghíos (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish doilges. By surface analysis, doiligh +‎ -as. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic doilgheas.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠælʲisˠ/

Noun

doilíos m (genitive singular doilís, nominative plural)

1. affliction (state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)

   Synonyms: angar, galar

2. remorse, contrition, penitence, attrition (imperfect contrition or remorse)
3. difficulty
4. sorrow, melancholy

Declension

Declension of doilíos

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative doilíos Vocative a dhoilís Genitive doilís Dative doilíos

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an doilíos Genitive an doilís Dative leis an doilíos don doilíos

Derived terms

• doilíosach (“remorseful”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
doilíos	dhoilíos	ndoilíos
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “doilíos”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “doilgius”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “doilġeas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 254
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “doilíos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN