dídhóigh

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dí- +‎ dóigh (way).

Pronunciation

Noun

dídhóigh f (genitive singular dídhóighe)

  1. wrong way, wrong manner
  2. ill plight, poor state, poor circumstances

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dídhóigh dhídhóigh ndídhóigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 338, page 116

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