doraidh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish doraid.[1]

Adjective

doraidh (genitive singular masculine doraidh, genitive singular feminine doraidhe, plural doraidhe, comparative doraidhe) (literary, archaic)

  1. difficult
  2. uneven

Declension

Declension of doraidh
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative doraidh dhoraidh doraidhe;
dhoraidhe2
vocative dhoraidh doraidhe
genitive doraidhe doraidhe doraidh
dative doraidh;
dhoraidh1 		dhoraidh doraidhe;
dhoraidhe2
Comparative níos doraidhe
Superlative is doraidhe

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Noun

doraidh f (genitive singular doraidh, nominative plural doirthe) (literary, archaic)

  1. difficulty
  2. rough or uneven ground

Declension

Declension of doraidh (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative doraidh doirthe
vocative a dhoraidh a dhoirthe
genitive doraidh doirthe
dative doraidh doirthe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an doraidh na doirthe
genitive na doraidh na ndoirthe
dative leis an doraidh
don doraidh 		leis na doirthe

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of doraidh
radical lenition eclipsis
doraidh dhoraidh ndoraidh

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 doraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “doraiḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 359; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “doraidh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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