dóigh

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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
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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
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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
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Etymology 4

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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.

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