daoirse

Irish

Alternative forms

  • daoirseacht f
  • daoirsine f

Etymology

From Old Irish doíre (“captivity, slavery, bondage”), possibly altered through analogy with saoirse (“freedom, liberty”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠiːɾˠʃə/

Noun

daoirse f (genitive singular daoirse)

  1. slavery, bondage; servitude, oppression
  2. alternative form of daoire (“dearness, costliness”)

Declension

Declension of daoirse (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative daoirse
vocative a dhaoirse
genitive daoirse
dative daoirse
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an daoirse
genitive na daoirse
dative leis an daoirse
don daoirse
  • daor m (“unfree person; slave; condemned, convicted, person”)
  • daor (“unfree; base, servile; convicted, condemned; hard, severe; costly (in effort, in suffering); dear, high-priced”, adjective)
  • daor (“enslave; convict, condemn”, transitive verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of daoirse
radical lenition eclipsis
daoirse dhaoirse ndaoirse

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

References

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