dóighiúil

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dóighiúil dhóighiúil ndóighiúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 150, page 59

Further reading

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