doilíos

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish doilges. By surface analysis, doiligh +‎ -as. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic doilgheas.

Pronunciation

Noun

doilíos m (genitive singular doilís, nominative plural)

  1. affliction (state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
    Synonyms: angar, galar
  2. remorse, contrition, penitence, attrition (imperfect contrition or remorse)
  3. difficulty
  4. sorrow, melancholy

Declension

Declension of doilíos (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative doilíos
vocative a dhoilís
genitive doilís
dative doilíos
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an doilíos
genitive an doilís
dative leis an doilíos
don doilíos

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of doilíos
radical lenition eclipsis
doilíos dhoilíos ndoilíos

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 47

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