doilgheas

Irish

Noun

doilgheas m (genitive singular doilghis)

  1. obsolete spelling of doilíos

Declension

Declension of doilgheas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative doilgheas
vocative a dhoilghis
genitive doilghis
dative doilgheas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an doilgheas
genitive an doilghis
dative leis an doilgheas
don doilgheas

Mutation

Mutated forms of doilgheas
radical lenition eclipsis
doilgheas dhoilgheas ndoilgheas

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish doilges. By surface analysis, doilich +‎ -as. Cognate with Irish doilíos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd̪̊ɔˈlɔjəs̪/[1]

Noun

doilgheas m (genitive singular doilgheis, plural doilgheasan)

  1. sorrow, affliction, adversity, mortification, grief

Declension

Declension of doilgheas (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative doilgheas doilgheasan
genitive doilgheis dhoilgheasan
dative doilgheas doilgheasan; doilgheasaibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) doilgheas (na) doilgheasan
genitive (an) doilgheis (nan) doilgheasan
dative (an) doilgheas (na) doilgheasan; doilgheasaibh✝
vocative dhoilgheis dhoilgheasan

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Mutation

Mutation of doilgheas
radical lenition
doilgheas dhoilgheas

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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