daoirse

Irish

Alternative forms
  • daoirseacht f
  • daoirsine f

Etymology

From Old Irish doíre (“captivity, slavery, bondage”), possibly altered through analogy with saoirse (“freedom, liberty”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠiːɾˠʃə/

Noun

daoirse f (genitive singular daoirse)

  1. slavery, bondage; servitude, oppression
  2. Alternative form of daoire (“dearness, costliness”)

Declension
Declension of daoirse

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative daoirse
Vocative a dhaoirse
Genitive daoirse
Dative daoirse

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an daoirse
Genitive na daoirse
Dative leis an daoirse

don daoirse

  • daor (“enslave; convict, condemn”, transitive verb)
  • daor (“unfree; base, servile; convicted, condemned; hard, severe; costly (in effort, in suffering); dear, high-priced”, adjective)
  • daor m (“unfree person; slave; condemned, convicted, person”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
daoirse dhaoirse ndaoirse
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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