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doiligh

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish doilig,[2] apparently from Old Irish do- + fulach (alternative form of fulang). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic duilich and Manx doillee.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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doiligh (genitive singular feminine doilí, plural doilí, comparative doilí or doilíocha)

  1. difficult, hard
    Synonyms: anfhurasta, deacair
  2. troublesome, grievous, distressing
  3. hard, intractable

Declension

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Declension of doiligh
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative doiligh dhoiligh doilí;
dhoilí²
Vocative dhoiligh doilí
Genitive doilí doilí doiligh
Dative doiligh;
dhoiligh¹ 		dhoiligh doilí;
dhoilí²
Comparative níos doilí
Superlative is doilí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Alternative comparative form: doilíocha (Ulster)[4]

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
doiligh dhoiligh ndoiligh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ “doiligh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “doilig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 76, page 32
  4. ^ Ó Baoill, Dónall P. (1996) An Teanga Bheo: Gaeilge Uladh (in Irish), Dublin: Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann, →ISBN, § 5.8, page 85

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