doilíos

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish doilges. By surface analysis, doiligh +‎ -as. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic doilgheas.

Pronunciation

Noun

doilíos m (genitive singular doilís, nominative plural)

  1. affliction (state of pain, suffering, distress or agony)
    Synonyms: angar, galar
  2. remorse, contrition, penitence, attrition (imperfect contrition or remorse)
  3. difficulty
  4. sorrow, melancholy

Declension

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

Derived terms

  • doilíosach (“remorseful”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of doilíos
radical lenition eclipsis
doilíos dhoilíos ndoilíos

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, page 47

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