dóighiúil

Irish

Alternative forms

  • dóigheamhail (superseded spelling)

Etymology

From Middle Irish dóigemail; compare Scottish Gaelic dòigheil (“all right, well arranged, good-tempered”). By surface analysis, dóigh (“hope, likelihood”) +‎ -úil.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dóighiúil (genitive singular masculine dóighiúil, genitive singular feminine dóighiúla, plural dóighiúla, comparative dóighiúla)

  1. handsome, good-looking, beautiful
    Chonaic sí an aghaidh na mná ba dhóighiúla a chonaic sí ariamh. ― She saw the face of the most beautiful woman she had ever seen.
  2. generous, decent, respectable

Declension

Declension of dóighiúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative dóighiúil dhóighiúil dóigh;
dhóigh2
vocative dhóighiúil dóigh
genitive dóigh dóigh dóighiúil
dative dóighiúil;
dhóighiúil1 		dhóighiúil dóigh;
dhóigh2
Comparative níos dóigh
Superlative is dóigh

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

Derived terms

  • dóighiúlacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of dóighiúil
radical lenition eclipsis
dóighiúil dhóighiúil ndóighiúil

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, § 150, page 59

Further reading

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