doiligh
Irish
Alternative forms
- doilg (Munster)
Etymology
From Middle Irish doilig, apparently from Old Irish do- + fulach (alternative form of fulang). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic doilich.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɪlʲɪɟ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɛlʲiː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠælʲi/[1] (as if spelled dailigh)
Adjective
doiligh (genitive singular feminine doilí, plural doilí, comparative doilí)
- difficult, hard
- Synonyms: anfhurasta, deacair
- troublesome, grievous, distressing
- hard, intractable
Declension
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.
Superseded spellings:
Declension of doiligh
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | doiligh | dhoiligh | doilghe; dhoilghe² | |
| Vocative | dhoiligh | doilghe | ||
| Genitive | doilghe | doilghe | doiligh | |
| Dative | doiligh; dhoiligh¹ | dhoiligh | doilghe; dhoilghe² | |
| Comparative | níos doilghe | |||
| Superlative | is doilghe | |||
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: doilgheacha
Derived terms
- doilíos
Mutation
| 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. | ||
Further reading
- “doiligh” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “doilig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “doiliġ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 254.
- "doiligh" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 32