dóigh

See also: dòigh

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dóïd, from Proto-Celtic *dauyeti. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic dòth, Manx daah (to singe, scorch), Welsh deifio, Breton deviñ, and Cornish dewi.

Verb

dóigh (present analytic dónn, future analytic dófaidh, verbal noun , past participle dóite) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. burn, singe; sear, scorch
  2. (games) put out
Conjugation
  • Alternative present: dóigheann
Derived terms
  • blas dóite (burnt taste)
  • dóire (burner)
  • dóite ag an ngrian (sunburned)
  • dóite ag an sioc (seared by frost, frostbitten)
  • dóiteán (conflagration, fire)
  • gáire dóite (wry, dry smile)
  • grafadh dóite ((moor)land scorched and grubbed for tillage)
  • siúcra dóite (burnt sugar)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish doich (likely, probably, adjective).

Noun

dóigh f (genitive singular dóighe)

  1. hope, expectation; trust, confidence
  2. source of expectation; likely subject, mark
  3. likelihood; supposition, certainty, opinion
  4. (used adjectivally with copula, comparative dóiche, dóichí) likely, probable
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Old Irish dáig (way, manner).

Noun

dóigh f (genitive singular dóighe, nominative plural dóigheanna)

  1. way, manner (used primarily in fixed phrases, see Derived terms)
    ar an dóigh sinin that way
  2. state, condition; situation, circumstances
    Cad é an dóigh atá ort?
    How is your situation?
  3. means, opportunity
Declension
Derived terms
  • ar dhóigh ar bith (anyhow)
  • ar dóigh (fine, proper)
  • ar dóigh go (in order that)
  • cén dóigh? (in what way? how?)
  • dóigh ghiorraisc (brusque manner)
  • dóigh mheallacach (tempting manner)
  • gan dóigh (bad off, destitute)

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction

dóigh

  1. (literary) for, since, because

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dóigh dhóigh ndóigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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