doiligh

doiligh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

Declension of doiligh
Positive singular plural
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

Mutation

Mutated forms of doiligh
radical lenition eclipsis
doiligh dhoiligh ndoiligh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  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), Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, § 5.8, page 85

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “doiliġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 254
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “doiligh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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