, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a small heap or quantity of something soft; daba feola, 7c. (Con.).

, g. daibhche, pl. -a, f. and m., a vessel, a vat, a press; a collection of sand-hills on the seashore; nom. also daibhche where ch is almost silent; daibhche corcáin is eadh é, it is a deep large pot (said in praise of a pot); gainimh daibhche, beach sand.

, -air, pl. id., m., a bucket, a pitcher.

, -áin, pl. id., m., an otter. See dobhrán.

, g. id., m., doubt (A.).

, -a, f., reviling, obsecration; dhéanfaidís dacóireacht is eascaine ort, they would revile (?) and curse you (Con., C.S.)

, -aidh, m., a jot, anything; with neg., nothing; ní fiú dadadh é, it is worth nothing; somet. pron. dadaidhe; dadamh, -aimh, m., id. (often also tadaidh).

, -air, pl. -tha, m., a breeze (O'N.).

, -bhre, a., poor, indigent, needy.

, ag daibhleach fearthanna, raining heavily.

, -righe, a., poor, needy, destitute.

, -ris, m., poverty, destitution.

, g. id., m., a father; mo dhaid mór, my grandfather. The Cladach fishermen are in their own locality called na daidínidhe.

, -bhre and -bhridhe (opposed to saidhbhir), a., poor, bad. See <<daibhreas>> and <<daibhir>>.

, g. id., f., poverty; daidhbhreas, id.

, m., a strong low-sized stout person dim. dailcín, id.

, -aighe, a., blind, stupid, unsuspecting.

, m., a thick mist daille, g. id., f., blindness, darkness, obscurity.

, g. id., m., "blindman's buff"; dalladh phúicín, id.

, -aighe, a., dull-witted, slow of understanding.

, g. id., m., "blindman's buff."

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a foster child; a mean fellow; a fop, a coxcomb; an impertinent young man.

, -aige, f., a church built of stone.

, m., harm, damage (Con.)

, g. id., pl. -idhe, f., a damson plum.

, -gin, pl. id. and -gne, m., a stronghold, a fortress, a garrison; an espousal or marriage contract; daingean na fírinne, the ground of sacred truth (Donl.); chuaidh an cheist i nd. air, he found the problem hard to solve.

, -gne, a., strong, fortified, close, secure, firm, pron. daighean (U. and Con.).

, -a, f., firmness, strength, durability; daingne, id.; daighneacht (U.).

, -iughadh v. tr., I make firm, I fortify, strengthen, establish; I fence, make enclosures.

, p. a., fixed, confirmed, fenced, fortified; married.

, -ighthe, m., act of fortifying, fencing, confirming.

, -éir, m., danger (A.); dainnsear (Don.).

, g. -aire, -ara, -arach, -araighe; pl. -araigh, -airghthe, -aracha, f., an oak.

, -e, -eacha, f., a species of worm that causes swelling in cattle; a dwarf.

, -oige, -oga, f., an oak plantation.

, -each, -eacha, f., a place of oaks; an oak; an oak plantation; Oileán D., Valentia Island; also O. Dairire: also Dairinis.

See doireadh.

, f., an oak. See <<dair>>.

, -e, -eacha, f., a heifer, a young cow; also a young bullock.

, -e, -eacha, f., a clod; dim., dairtín; dartán (Don.).

, -tighe, a., clodded.

, -thighe, a., nimble, active, swift (O'N.).

, -a, f., swiftness, activity (O'N.).

, improperly used for aitheasc.

, -ghile, a., white-coloured, bright-coloured, clear, brilliant.

See <<danaid>>.

(daithighthe)

, p. a., dyed, coloured, stained, variegated; bright-coloured; rosy (of complexion), poet.: discoloured; blackened or coloured by being cleaned (of boots), e.g. bróga daithte.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a great bulk.

, -áin Dé, pl. id., m., a butterfly.

, indec. a., obstinate; bold, impudent, presumptious: prop. dolba (U.); dalbaidhe (Con.).

, -aille, a., blind; dull, stupid; ignorant; puzzled; dubh agus dall na hoidhche, the darkness and dimness of night.

, -aill, pl. id., m., a blind man.

, -lta, m., act of blinding; a drop sufficient to blind; blindness, stupidity; dazzle (Don.); dalladh phúicín, blindman's buff, the blinding cloth; d. mallóg blindness (in sheep, etc.).

, indec. a., stupid, dull-witted (dall-aigeantach, -aighe, id.).

, -adh, v. tr., I blind, confuse, stupefy, puzzle, dazzle.

, -oige, -óga, f., stupid folly; a foolish, insipid person (dallamlán, id.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a blind or stupid person.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a winnowing fan; sheephide; a "wight" (Om.).

, -áin, pl., id., m., a peg, plug, stopple; d. srathrach, the peg in the bow or a straddle (Aonghus O'Daly).

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a winnowing fan. See <<dallán>>.

, m., blindman's buff.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a purblind person.

, -chaoiche, a., completely blind, stone blind.

, -dhighe, a., blind of heart.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a dull fellow (Om.).

, -óige, -óga, f., a mole, a leech; d. fhéir, a dormouse; luch dallamaláin, id. (Cork).

, -óige, -óga, f., a cover, a blind; blindness; blindman's buff; dallóg na fuinneoige, the window-blind (Der.).

, f., a fish resembling the pen-fish.

, -airc, m., blindness (of intellect) (Donl.).

(dallruighim)

, -radh, v. tr., I daze, I blind, I dazzle; dallruighthe leis an bhfuacht (Con.).

(subs. used as prep.), in the likeness or manner of, regarding (Scotch). See <<dálta>>.

, p. a., blinded.

, g. id., pl. -idhe and -dha, m., a foster-child, a foster-son, a nursling; a disciple; a pet, a ward; a term of endearment.

, -ais, m., fosterage.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a foster-child, a disciple.

, -aimh, pl. id., m., an ox; damh allta, a wild ox or buffalo; damh dartaigh, a bull.

, to me, by me, etc.; 1s. per. pr. combined with prep. do (now used in Ulster and North Leinster, pron. dúh); emph. form, damh-sa. See <<dam>>.

, damh, dom, to me, by me, for me; emph. damh-sa. See <<do>>, prep.

, -e, a., earnest, keen.

, -e, f., haste, hurry. See, damhaire.

, g. id., f., passion, fury, excitement; haste, hurry.

, g. id., pl. -tidhe, m., damage, hurt.

, -tighe, a., damaging, destructive.

(damh allta)

, a wild ox, a buffalo, an elk, a roebuck. See <<damh>>.

, -áin, pl. id., m., an ox, a young bull.

, -áin alla, pl. id., m., a spider.

, p. a., damned, condemned; damnable, evil.

, -aighe, a., damned, condemned, damnable.

, -a, f., damnation, condemnation.

, -mhsa, m., a dance; act of dancing, leaping wildly; a wild running or leaping (in M., used of the sportive leaping of cattle, etc.; rinnce is used for human dancing); damhsa (U. and Con.). See <<damhsuighim>>.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a jumper, a dancer.

, m., a beetle; a chafer.

, m., the bellowing of cattle; Druim Damh-gháire, the old name of Cnoc Luinge, or Knocklong.

, g. id., m., the stuff or matter from which anything is produced, or producible; cause, reason, motive; cf. ríoghdhamhna, a person fit to be a king, an heir apparent; damhna tuirse, a cause of sorrow (Fer.).

, -manta, m., act of condemning; damnation.

(damnuighim)

, v. tr., I condemn, damn.

, -uighthe, m., condemnation, damnation.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I condemn, damn. See <<damnaim>>.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a wild beast.

, -e, f., oxen.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a dance; act of dancing; damhsa déise, a strathspey. See <<damhas>>.

, -aighe, a., given to dancing or capering.

, g. id., pl. -aidh, m., act of dancing; a dance. See <<damhas>>.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a dancer, a caperer; d. dubh, a morris-dancer, also a water-spider.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a dancer, a prancer, a caperer (also daimhseoir).

, vl. damhsadh and damhas, I dance, jump (chiefly of animals in M.).

, -air, m., refusal to oblige (Con.).

, -aighe, a., disobliging; is d. an mhaise dhuit é, you are very disobliging (Con.).

, -e, f., grief, sorrow, distress; ní d. liom, I do not regret.

, -aighe, a., howling, roaring.

, -air, pl. id., m., a Dane, a foreigner; a savage or cruel person.

, -aire, a., shy (Der.).

, -a, f., shyness (Der.).

, a., foreign; fierce; self-willed; cruel, brutal.

, f., cruelty, tyranny, ferocity.

, -fhir, pl. id., m., a Dane, a foreigner, a tyrant. See <<danar>>.

, m., tyranny.

, -a, f., a periwinkle; a sea-snail; dim. daochóg, f. id (also faoch).

, -áin, m., anger, rage; also a sea-snail (dim. of daoch).

, -aighe, a., angry.

, -a, m., hatred, envy, dislike.

, g. id., pl. -the, m., a fool, a dullard, a dunce, a clown; a wicked person.

, m., black sorrow.

, m., a lazy, idle man.

, pl. and gpl. of duine, m., a man, person; people, mankind; daoine maithe, the good people, fairies (in Don., daoine beaga); d. móra, the gentry; d. óga, young people; d. oibre, working people.

, -nighe, a., populous, numerous, having a large following; daoineamhail, id.

, f., condemnation; severe sentence. See <<breath>>.

, -chéirde, f., a mechanic's art.

, m., rack-rent; severe taxation.

, g. id., f., dearness, expensiveness; also bondage, oppression; rage, anger, e.g. ar daoire (Mon.).

, -a, f., dearness, expensiveness, costliness.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a slave, a bondsman.

, m., sheer contempt.

, -aigh -aighe, m., a hard taskmaster.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a hard taskmaster.

, g. id., f., slavery, bondage, oppression; a task; dearth.

, -sigh, pl. id., m., a slave, a bondman.

, -a, f., bondage; dearth, scarcity.

, -iughadh, v. tr., I enhance, increase the price of.

, p. a., enhanced, made dear.

, g. id., f., captivity; dearth (nom. also daoirsin).

, -sighthe, m., the act of making dear, enhancing.

, g. id., pl. -tidhe, m., a churl, a clown.

, -amhla, a., base (Donl.).

, -oil, -ola, m., chafer, black beetle, leech; a bug, caterpillar; fig., a devil; daol dubh, a black devil; darbh-daol, a long black chafer; an earwig (Don.).

, -oile, a., lazy.

, -duibhe, a., chafer-black, jet-black.

, g. id., f., jet-blackness.

, f., a dusky visage (O'N.).

, -ain, pl. id., m., the moral of a fable (O'N.).

, -a, f., explanation of fables (O'N.).

(daonda)

, indec. a. (somet. a compar., daonnaighe, is found), human; mortal; liberal, civil, hospitable, charitable; an cineadh daonna, the human race; daonnach, id.

, -a, f., mankind; humanity; clemency; human nature.

, -aighe, a., humane, clement.

, -mhla, a., humane, clement.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I assume human nature (as the Godhead).

, -oir, pl. id., m., a bondman; a guilty or condemned person.

, -oire, a., enslaved, condemned, guilty; dear, costly, expensive.

, -rtha, m., the act of condemning, disapproving; dearness.

, f., an enslaved tribe.

, -adh, v. tr., I censure, condemn, convict, doom; make dear.

, -aigh -aighe, m., a slave, a bondsman.

, -oichte, a., exceedingly poor.

, m., a costly cloth; a robe; a banner.

, -chlainne, -chlanna, f., slaves, plebeians.

, f., hard fate, oppresive bondage, rigour.

, -aighe, a., ill-fated; rigorous.

, -bhairt, v. intr., I speak harshly.

, -óige, -óga, f., a virgin slave; daorsóg, id. (O'N.).

, -aigh, pl. id., m., a man slave (O'N.).

, -ais, m., a cancer.

, -a, m., bondage, slavery.

, p. a., condemned, enslaved, convicted, damned.

, -air, m., the dregs of the people, the rabble, the mob.

, -aigh, -aighte, m., the rabble, the plebeians.

, f., sufficiency, enough; tá mo dhaothain mhór annso, I have quite enough here; in Clare daothaint. See <<dóthain>>.

, -mhla, a., churlish, boorish, vain, ignorant. See <<daoitheamhail>>.

, defect. v., dar liom, leis, 7c., it seems to me, methinks, in my opinion, I think; you would imagine that, etc.

, prep., by, in asseverations; dar mo bhriathar, by my word; dar mo láimh, by my hand.

(de + a + ro, or do + a + ro), with past tense, to whom, to which, upon which, of which, whom, whose, whereof; darab, to whom is, to which is; darbh, to whom was, were; to which was, were.

, ord. num., second, next; dara déag, twelfth (with intervening noun); in sp. l. in M., also tarna; in sp. l. in Con. and Don., also darna.

, darb, to or for whom, (which) of which it was. See <<dar>>.

, -aighe, f., an oak; clár daraighe, an oak board. See <<dair>>.

, m., a worm, chafer, black-beetle; daol darb, id.

(do + a + ro + bha), to whom was, to which was, were.

, m., a species of long black chafer; pron. dara-daol (M.); dearga-daol, (Con.). See <<daol>>.

, -áin, pl. id., m., an acorn (O'N.).

, f., Thursday; dia Dhardaoin, contr. Dia'rdaoin, on Thursday; D. Manndála, Maundy Thursday.

, a school, an academy; níl darn i nÉirinn, there is not a school in Ireland (O'N.).

, num., second, next. See <<dara>>, also <<tarna>> (O'N.); tarna and tara are the usual words in M. dara and darna are used in Con.

, -a, f., keeping or teaching school (O'N.).

, -airte, f. See <<dairt>>.

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a two-year-old bull.

, -áin, m., a clod.

, m., a nut-gall, an oak-apple.

, g. -a, pl. -anna, gpl. -ann, colour, complexion; a speck, a jot; with neg., nothing (Don.); ní raibh dath istigh ann acht airgead; dath-áluinn, beautifully coloured or complexioned; dath-

, -aighe, a., highly coloured; also as an affix, -dathach, -coloured.

(pl.), rheumatic pains, rheumatism (M.); pl. of doigh which see.

, -aithte, m., a colouring, a dyeing, a staining, a tincture.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a dyer, one who colours; one who colours the truth or exaggerates (Con.)

, -a, f., the trade or employment of dyeing.

, -mhla, a., pleasant, comely, graceful.

, -a, f., majesty, honour, comeliness.

, -aighe, a., coloured; léine d., a "print" shirt.

, -áin, m., dyeing, dye-stuff (M.).

, -uighthe, m., dyeing, colouring; a dye, a colour; "colouring" of cards, i.e. a magical power of getting the best cards.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I colour, dye, tincture, stain.