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An bhfuil do dhóthain bainne ann? ― Is there enough milk for you?
Usage notes
This noun is generally modified by a possessive determiner indicating the person who the sufficiency is for: mo dhóthain(“enough for me”), do dhóthain(“enough for you”), a dóthain(“enough for her”) etc., even when the “for me” etc. is not expressed in English.
The thing of which there is enough follows in the genitive:
Tá a ndóthainama acu anois. ― They have enough time now.
In certain idiomatic expressions, this noun can be modified by a number, but this number is not to be taken literally:
Tá a dhá dhóthain le déanamh aige. ― He has his hands full. (literally, “He has his two sufficiencies to do.”)
Tá a seacht ndóthain le rá acu. ― They talk far too much. (literally, “They have their seven sufficiencies to say.”)