doilíos
Irish
Alternative forms
- doilgheas, doilghios, doilghíos (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Irish doilges. By surface analysis, doiligh + -as. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic doilgheas.
Noun
doilíos m (genitive singular doilís, nominative plural)
- affliction (state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
- remorse, contrition, penitence, attrition (imperfect contrition or remorse)
- difficulty
- sorrow, melancholy
Declension
Declension of doilíos
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- doilíosach (“remorseful”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| doilíos | dhoilíos | ndoilíos |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 47
Further reading
- “doilíos”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “doilgius”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “doilġeas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 254
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “doilíos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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