, dó- (doi-, dói-) (1) negative prefix (before adj.), ill-, un-, in-, dis-; often implies difficulty or impossibility: do-dhéanta, hard to be done, impossible; is combined with genitive of substantives to form adjectives: do-fhaisnéise, unspeakable; (2) intensive prefix (before aubst. or adj.), very, exceedingly.

, sign of the past tenses; verbal particle used in perfect tense; in act., aspirates; in pass., does not aspirate, but prefixes h- to vowels; is somet. prefixed to cond.; in comb. with ní and go, ro is used for do, hence níor, gur, nár, 7c.

, poss. prn., (inflecting), thy; before vl., used as the subj. of an intrans. or the obj. of a trans.; 'do (often for id'), in thy.

, prep. prefix in comp. verbs, as do-chím, do-bheirim, 7c.

, prep. [in pronom. combinations, dam (damh still in Ulster, as in the early modern literary usage), duit, dó, dí (f.), dúinn, daoibh, dóibh; dam with the emphatic sa becomes generally damh-sa; dáibh is poet. for dóibh; díbh is often used for daoibh], to, for. This particle has very varied applications with the dative case; after adjectives it expresses involuntary relations, as distinguished from voluntary relations expressed by le: thus, is maith dham, it is good for me, but is maith liom, I like; is eagal dó, he should fear; is eagal leis, he fears; is éigin dó, he must, etc.; after adj. like inchreidthe, proper to be believed, etc.; is inchreidthe dó, he should believe; used after substantives and verbs as dativus commodi: ith é sin duit féin, eat that (for yourself); chuaidh sé chum suime dhó, he profited by it; in adv. clauses like i ngar do, near to; i bhfogus do, id.; used in genitive sense or poss. prn.: cad is ainm duit, what is your name? used of agent after verbals: tar éis teacht dó, after he had come; iar mbeith ag seasamh dó, as he stood, etc.; after verbs of granting, bestowing, promising, displaying, permitting, happening, etc.: do gheall sé airgead dam, he promised me money; sometimes the verb is omitted: ní mar sin damh-sa, that is not the case with me; cad é sin dam-sa? what is that to me? used in adverb., prep., and conj. phrases, as, dom dheoin, with my will; do ghnáth, usually; do réir mo thuairime, in my opinion; dom' dhóigh, as I think; do shíor, continually; do (= de) bhrígh go, because; d'á dhruim sin, because of that; d'eagla go, lest, for fear that; do láthair, in the presence of; used with dative to express instrument: dubhairt sé go ngeobhadh sé do'n speil air, he said he would assault him with the scythe; ag gabháil do chosaibh ann, trampling on, kicking it; after verbs of motion: chuaidh sé do'n Spáin, he went to Spain; to express the time in which an event occurred: lá d'á rabhas, 7c., on a day as I was, etc.; do ló is d'oidhche, night and day; used in a partitive sense (= de): smut do mhaide, a piece of a stick; of or concerning (= de): labhrann sé do ghrása, he speaks of grace; used as a prefix to the vl., both tr. and intr.; with the intr. vl. do is used only when the subject of the vl. is expressed immediately before: thus, do b'áil leis na fir do dhul abhaile, he liked that the men should go home, but do b'áil leis an bhfear dul abhaile, the man liked to go home; with tr. vl.: lucht tighthe do dhéanamh, builders of houses; fear na ndán do cheapadh, the man who composes poems. See <<de>>, prep.

, -sighe, a., sad, gloomy. See <<duaibhseach>>.

, -aighe, a., indisputable.

, -mhighe, a., innumerable, not easily counted.

, p. a., unspeakable.

, for do ba, it was; do budh, it would be; past and cond. of assertive v. is. See <<is>>.

, p. a., hard to be plucked, mown, or dug.

, -e, a., obscure, dark, foul.

, -cheoigh, m., a dark mist.

, -sighe, a., undying, immortal.

, -air, pl. id., m., water, moisture.

, f., an otter, a water-dog; pron. dóbhracú in Co. Donegal and used of a mythical animal like an otter.

, v. irreg., tr. (see Parad.), I give, cause, often with uaim, etc., I give away; do-bheirim aghaidh ar, I look towards, I face, I make for; do-bheirim ucht ar, I set about; do-bheirim míniughadh ar, I explain; do-bheirim amus ar, I attack; do-bheirim mo bhanna, I promise solemnly; do-bheirim i gcuimhne, i ndearmad, 7c. I remember, forget, etc.; I give (beannacht do, a blessing to); with fá, do-bheirim fogha faoi, I attack him; do-bheirim fá deara, I observe (see deara). Note. The prefix do is generally omitted or slurred over in speaking, but even then the aspiration of b makes this verb essentially different from beirim.

, -a, f., gloominess, cold manner, sullenness.

, -ruighthe, m., wetness, dampness.

, g. -bróin; pl. id., m., (great) sorrow, grief, sadness, concern.

, -aighe, a., (very) sorrowful, mournful, melancholy, sad, dejected.

, -ais, m., thanklessness, ingratitude.

, f., an evil company.

, -ris, m., harm, damage, danger.

, p. a., worn with difficulty; enduring.

, -chaoile, a., very strict.

, -air, pl. id., m., misfortune, hardship, damage, harm, hurt, loss, mischief; debit.

, -aighe, a., narrow, difficult, uncomfortable; intricate.

, -aighe, a., headstrong, unruly, inflexible.

, -a, f., obstinacy, inflexibility.

, -nighthe, m., difficult marching or journeying.

, v. irreg., tr. (see Parad.) (somet. at-chím or ad-chiu), I see; do-chítear linn, I see, I

, p. a., indefatigable, invincible, unconquered.

, -a, f., invincibility.

, v. irreg., tr. (see Parad.); the prefix do is not used after an (interrog.), go, ní, and its place is often taken by at; I hear, listen to; an gcloistí (pron. gcloistí), do you hear that (or that person)? just listen to that (or to him)! said in surprise or contempt.

, g. id., m., harshness, surliness; weakness.

, indec. a., surly, morose; weak, impotent, powerless.

, -a, f. moroseness, surliness, inhospitality (also weakness, want of power).

, indec. a., incomparable.

, p. a., incomprehensible.

, a., indocile, unrestrained, wicked; dochoisc, id.

, m., adversity, mischance, misfortune.

, -aighe, a., grievous, hurtful, injurious.

, -a, f., difficulty, disagreeableness, impracticableness.

, -e, a., dark, gloomy, obscure; close, rigid, severe; spiteful, envious.

, g. id., f., slavery; distress, trouble.

, -ais, m., hurt, harm, damage.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I disquiet, discompose.

, -oichte, a., tight, strict, stiff, hard, close.

, -úra, -idhe, m., a doctor, a physician; d. gan eolas, a quack doctor; doctúir (Don.).

, -a, f. act or profession of healing; gléas dochtúireachta, medical appliances.

, p. a., unsearchable.

, comp. prep. govern. g., towards, unto, to (with motion); dochum go, in order that.

See <<chum>>.

, -aighe, a., faithless, unkind, unfriendly.

, p. a., ill-shapen; formed with difficulty.

, p. a., hard to be uttered, hard to be set; d. síos, hard to be put into the pot.

, g. doid, m., anger, passion, displeasure; ag dul re dod, getting angry or cross.

, -aighe, a., displeased, vexed, angry; bó dh., a cow that spills her milk.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, in. a sulky, dogged fellow.

, -aighe, a., ill-shaped, deformed, ugly.

, p. a., hard to be done, impossible.

, -ais, m., impossibility, impracticability.

, g. id., pl. -dhaoine, m., an evil person.

, indec. a., rare, difficult to be found; an tseoid do-fhaghála 'sí is áilne, the rare jewel is the fairest.

, indec. a., invisible.

, -aighe, invisible.

, indec. a., unspeakable, indescribable.

, f., invisibility.

, -aighe, a., invisible (also do-fhaicseanach).

, -aighe, a., vague, indistinct, not clear.

, -a, f., insufferableness.

, a., insufferable, intolerable, grievous.

, g. id., f., woe, anguish, grief.

, v. irreg. tr. (see Parad.), I get, find; fuair sé bás, he died; with ó, I get something from a person; ní fhuair aoinne uaim an scéal d'innsint, no one persuaded me to tell the news; followed by vl. = I can, I am able, I am permitted; ní fhaghainn dul ann indiu, I would not be able (or would not be permitted) to go there today; ní fhaghainn ionnam féin é mharbhadh, I could not bring myself to kill him; with ar, of indirect object after words like locht, faill, deimhin: fuair sé locht air, he found fault with him; fuair sé faill air, he found an opportunity of attacking him, etc.; cionnus gheibheann tú thú féin indiu, how are you today (how do you find yourself), cf. is gur fríoth go fann-lag dream na hÉireann, for the Irish people were prostrate (D. R.); fagháil amach, to find out; an bhfuilir ag fagháil na sláinte go maith? are you in good health? fuair sé an glas do bhaint anuas, he succeeded in taking off the lock; cionnus fuair sé ann féin é dhéanamh? how did he bring himself to do it?

, p. a., impossible to be shaken, hard to move, selfwilled, stubborn.

, v. irreg. tr. (see Parad.), I make, cause, do, create, used with a variety of objects, thus: ag déanamh coigilte, hiding; ag d. caointe, weeping; ag d. aithrighe, repenting; ag d. díoghbhála, injuring; ag d. buaidheartha dham, troubling me, etc., etc.; with preps. ar, de, do, re, governing indirect object; with ar (without a direct obj.), do dhein (M.) sé air, he approached him; (with direct obj.), generally in the sense of inflicting evil on; rinne sé feall air, he behaved treacherously towards him; with de, I make one thing of another: do rinneas blódhtracha dhe, I broke it in fragments; do rinne sé rí dhe, he made him king; do rinne sé iongnadh dhíom, he was astonished at me, etc.; with do, I do good or evil to, the direct objects being generally words like dochar, díoghbháil, maitheas, fóghnamh, truagh, etc.; with le, I act or behave towards one, cad do dhéanfad leat, what shall I do with you; with adj., do rinne sé dearg é, he made it red; with vl., do rinne sé é féin do nighe, he washed himself, etc.; used intrans. in 3 s. with de; do rinne sliabh mór di, it became a great mountain (Kea. T. S.); do dhein ceo d'á chnámhaibh, his bones became dust (M.).

, -sighe, a., ill-featured, ugly, repulsive, sour-faced.

, g. id., m., misery, sickness, sorrow, sadness; stupidity, sloth; act of grieving, lamenting; cf. ag doghra agus ag déar-chaoineadh (Kea.).

, -e, -eacha, f., affliction, calamity, anguish, perplexity, fear, danger; ag déanamh

, grieving; i ndoghrainn a anma chailleamhaint, in danger of losing his life.

, -nighe, a., full of misery, woful, painful, difficult.

, ad., for ever.

, dói- (do-) negative or intensive prefix. See <<do->>.

, -bheirte, f., an evil deed, an ill turn.

, -a, pl. id., m., a bad habit, an ill custom.

, -aighe, a., ill-mannered, discourteous.

, m. and f., an evil word.

, -ste, m., act of completely smashing (E. R.).

, -e, -eanna, f., a strain, a difficulty; ailment, pain, disease; mo dh., alas! doic croidhe, heart disease (Ker.).

, -e, a., soon, quick, swift, early (used for moch in Wat.); chómh doich agus, as soon as.

, g. id., f., quickness, activity.

, -chill, m., inhospitableness, churlishness; a grudge; reserve.

, -aighe, a., inhospitable, boorish, churlish.

, a., headstrong, unmanageable.

, p. a., untameable (O'N.).

, a., low-born.

See <<doicheallach>>.

, g. id., f., inhospitableness, churlishness.

, f., unbelief, incredulity.

, a., improbable, incredible.

, p. a., interminable, not to be ended.

, p. a., ungirdable (O'N.).

, g. id., f., tightness, strictness, scantiness, poverty.

, -dighe, a., quarrelsome, ill-tempered.

, -aighe, a., ill-shaped.

, p. a., impossible. See <<do-dhéanta>>.

, p. a., indigestible (O'N.).

, -ighe, a., impenetrable, irresistible.

(prop. gs.), a., ill-guided or unguided; trackless.

, p. a., unanswerable, difficult to be answered.

(prop, gs.), a., unserviceable; destructive.

, g. -e, pl. -the and -theacha, f., a pang, a stitch, a sharp shooting pain; d. ionnat, a pang in you, is a usual bad wish; d. imleacáin, colic; loscadh doighe, a heartburn; pron. doig in M., the word dathacha (doightheacha), rheumatics, is a pl. form of this word.

, -éir, pl. id., m., a spear, a dagger.

, f., the toothache.

, -a, pl. id. and -artha, m., an ill turn, an evil action.

, -aighe, a., injurious, malicious (O'N.).

, -e, a., dark, dusky, gloomy, obscure; pensive, sad, melancholy.

, -cheoigh, m., darksome fog; fig., sadness, mourning.

, -bhis, m., sorrow, affliction.

, -e, a., sad, dim, obscure, melancholy.

, g. id., f., darkness, gloom, dusk, sorrow, sadness.

, a., f., gloom, sadness.

, indec. a., dark, occult, mysterious.

, g. id. (doilbhe), f., sorcery, mystery, magic; doilbhtheacht, id.

, -lne, -a f., an eddying wind.

(prop. gs.), a., incurable; doi-leighiste, id.

, indec. a., impassable.

, -léire, a., obscure.

, g. id., f., obscurity.

, indec. a., inexcusable.

See <<doiligh>>.

, g. id., f., sorrow, distress.

, -ghis, m., sorrow, affliction, torment, melancholy.

, -aighe, a., sorrowful, afflicted, rueful, sad, melancholy.

, -lghe, a., sad, sorrowful, grievous, distressful, sore, hard, troublesome, difficult.

, -e, a., poor, miserable, wretched.

, p. a., hard to be surrounded; boundless, limitless (O'N.).

, -sta, m., evil thought, disparagement.

, a., inestimable; unspeakable.

, -a, f., low estimation.

, p. a., glum, cheerless, hard to be made merry (O'N.).

, -mhéine, f., evil wish, ill-will.

, -mhne, a., deep (in all the senses of that word, as thoughtful, etc.); doimhin ar, versed in, addicted to; tá mé an-doimhin ar an luibh, I am very fond of tea (Om.).

, g. id., pl. id., f., depth; a deep pit.

, -a, f., depth.

, -nis, m., depth; degradation.

, -niughadh, v. tr., I deepen, hollow out.

, a., impassable.

, -ninne, f., bad weather. storm, tempest.

, -aighe, a., stormy, wintry, tempestuous.

, a., stormy, wintry.

, -a, f., tempestuous weather; bhfuair tú doineanntacht? (Don.).

, -gine, f., a species of fish, bass.

, -e, -nmhidhe, f., a blemish, a mould, a spot (O'N.).

, -mhighe, a., blemished (O'N.).

, p. a., blemished (O'N.).

, -mheadh, v. tr., I blemish, I stain, I speckle (O'N.).

, -eirge, a., reddish-dun, auburn.

, -aighe, a., brown-nailed.

, p. a., indescribable.

, p. a., inconvertible.

, -a, -ta, m., the scoop-shaped reticule used for getting the fish from the net into the boat (A., Tory).

, -e, a., displeased, dissatisfied, morose, ill-natured, hard, unfavourable, grievous.

, -e, f., an insect, a little worm. See dairbh.

, -bhis, m., discontent, grief, anguish, sullenness.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., an oak grove, a wood, a thicket.

, -e, a., intricate, entangled.

, p. a., irreconcilable; hard to solve.

, p. a., hard to be governed.

, p. a., implacable, unruly; insatiable.

, I copulate, as cattle; used chiefly in ph. doireadh an bhó, the cow was bulled.

, indec. a., sullen, dogged.

, -oige, -oga, f., a handle; a handstone; a handful. See <<dornóg>>.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., one of the projecting handles of a scythe; the head of a spade handle, etc.; a little handful.

, -tighe, a., spilling, shedding.

, vl. dortadh, v. tr., I pour, pour out, spill; shed (of tears); move, stir; doirt, move, stir (Con.); tír do doirteadh fá chosaibh na méirleach, a land poured out under the feet of miscreants (O'Ra.).

, a., inductile.

See <<doicheall>>.

(prop, gs.), indocile.

, -aighe, a., churlish, inhospitable; cf. fear drae do-thigheasach, nár mhaith liom bheith ag treasughadh air (Cork).

, a., hard to eat, inedible.

, g. duil, pl. id. and -aidhe, m., a fishing net; a snare, a knot; a thole-pin; the wooden peg stuck into the row-lock of a boat.

, g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., a thole-pin, etc. See <<dol>>.

, p. a., unspeakable, inexpressible.

, -e, f., damage, harm, detriment.

, -e, a., hurtful, injurious, detrimental; also (= do-fhulaing), insufferable.

, p. a., not easily lighted, not inflammable.

, -oilbhe, f., sorcery.

, indec. a., bold, headstrong; fear dána dolba, a bold, head-strong man (also dalba).

, -bhtha, m., fiction, deception, transformation.

, -adh, v. tr., I transform (as by magic, etc.).

, -aighe, a., grievous, vexatious.

, -a, f., inflexibility; stubbornness, firmness.

, g. id., m., a long illness, used in imprecations as do-luighe fada ort.

(also dam, damh), prep. prn., 1s., to me, for me; emph. domh-sa; in Con. dom-sa. See prep. <<do>>.

See prep. prns., <<dom>> and <<dam>>.

, -sighe, a., ugly.

, m., cosmography.

, a., immortal.

, -a, f., immortality.

, -aigh m., the light dry soil of a tilled field, "mossy ground" (Don.).

, -ais, m., gall; ill-taste; bile; anger; discontent; a disease in cattle; 's é fuadach an chait ar an ndomblas é, what a catch it is!

(also dobhlasta)

, indec. a., ill-tasting; contemptuous; scornful.

, -dhighe, a., unthankful, ungrateful.

, -naigh, pl. -naighe and -mhantaighe, m., Sunday; a large house; a church; dia Domhnaigh, on Sunday; i nDomhnach, by the Sunday! a mode of asseveration; Domhnach Mór, Donaghmore, Co. Limerick.

, g. id., m., a name for a small crab (Con.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a little world.

, -ghighe, a., imperceptible; unfeeling.

, a., unquenchable.

, a., ill-bred, ill-mannered, unteachable.

, do'n, to the; dona = do na, in M. dos na, to the, pl. dona, indec. a., wretched, miserable, unfortunate; in bad health or condition.

, -a, f., evil, badness; ag dul 'um donachta, going to the bad (Con.).

, -ais, m., evil, misery, wretchedness.

, indec. a., miserable, wretched; in low health ("I am very donny," is often heard).

, -a, f., want of success, misfortune, badness.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a kind of fish resembling ling.

, -áin, pl. id., m., an enfeebled person; a mannikin (also dunán; P. O'C. says it is dim. of

, -ais, m., bad luck, misfortune; do dhein sé an donas air, he destroyed him (M.).

, a., hard to be washed.

, in phr. díreach donn, just exactly (perhaps for domhan): Donn, a dhuine! by Jove, man! (Donn was a celebrated fairy inhabiting sandbanks off the coast of Clare.)

, gsf. duinne, brown, brown-haired; donn-bhallach, brindled, having brown spots.

, -ghuirme, a., a brownish blue.

, -aighe, a., brown-flaming.

, -óige, -óga, f., a kind of fish; a sea-dog.

, -e, -ógha, f., a brown-haired maiden.

, -aidhe, a., brown-red; chestnut or bay colour.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I injure, I make bad.

, hard to be picked or collected (of potatoes, etc.).

, p. a., hard to be planted (O'N.).

, p. a., hard to be planed (O'N.).

, p. a., impenetrable (O'N.).

, -gighe, a., painful, troublesome, unfortunate (T. G.).

, p. a., inscrutable, unsearchable.

, -ais, pl. dóirse, m., a door, a gate, an entrance; a boundary; doras aighthe, a front door; doras druidthe, a back door (Don.); doras iadhta, back door (M. and Con.); doras éaluighthe, a wicket, a door of escape; doras mór, a hall door or main entrance; dorus na sráide, the front door; doras cúil, a back door; cúl-d. id.

, indec. a., dark, black, dusky; hidden, secret, mysterious; shy, distant (opposed to subhailceach); malignant.

, -a, f., darkness, blackness; eclipse; mysteriousness.

, -ais, m., darkness, obscurity.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a yearling bull.

, -uighthe, m., act of darkening, eclipse, obscuration; the eclipsing of a letter (in Irish grammar).

, -ughadh, v. tr., I darken, obscure; intr., I grow dark; become eclipsed (as the sun or moon).

, -uird, pl. id., m., a humming, a muttering; bass in music; dord marbhtha, the office for the dead.

(dordaraim)

, -adh, I hum, I buzz.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a humming noise, a buzz.

See <<dorugha>> and <<doruighe>>.

See <<dorugha>> and <<doruighe>>.

g. duirn, pl. id., dorna and dóirne, m., the fist, the hand; a handle; a blow of the fist; a handful; d. airgid, a handful of silver, or of money of any kind.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a pugilist.

, -a, f., pugilism.

, -mhla, a., pugilistic, given to fighting.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a fistful, a handful of corn, four times the bulk of a teadhall, which is the quantity a reaping-hook will cut at one sweep; a small gathering of people (Don., with o long).

, f., the hilt of a sword.

, -chúil, pl. id., m., a haft.

, -uir, pl. id., m., a haft.

, -aisc, pl. id., m., a manacle, a handcuff.

, -óige, -óga, f., a handful; a small casting stone; a glove, a gauntlet, a mitten.

, p. a., unapproachable, inaccessible (O'N.).

, p. a., hard to divide.

, -aighe, a., harsh, rough, fierce.

, -áin, m., anger, vexation.

, -aighe, a., irritable, surly, snappish, cruel.

, indec. a., grim, harsh.

, -e, f., the act of snarling (of a dog) (Con.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a grasshopper (somet. called píobaire fraoich).

, p. a., bulled, in calf.

, -aighe, a., effusive, overflowing, pouring out, spilling.

, -tuighthe, m., act of pouring, pouring out, spilling; outpouring, shedding (of tears).

See <<doirtim>>.

, g. -nn, pl. -nna, -ghtha, f., a fishing-line, pron. drugha (Con.); in M. doruighe and

See <<doruighe>>.

, g. id., pl. -ghthe, f., a fishing-line; a line used for measuring or marking off drains, fences, potato-beds, etc.

, g. duis, pl. id., m., a bush, a copse; a tuft, a bunch of hair; a compact body of men; froth, scum.

, g. duis, m., the fifth degree in poetry; a poet (O'N.); the base in music; any dull note or hum; dos mór, the drone of bagpipes; dos beag, a smaller humming; do shéideamar ar nduis, we blew our trumpets.

(for do, before the pl. form of the article), for, to; dos (do) na fearaibh sin, to those men (M.).

, -aighe, a., bushy, tufted; abounding in thickets.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., an impertinent fellow.

, -a, f., impertinence.

, p. a., incomparable (O'N.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a thorn; a small bush; a tassel.

, p. a., not easily overcome; incomparable; indefatigable.

, p. a., not easily satisfied, insatiable.

, indec. a., indissoluble; indispensable.

, p. a., hard to separate.

, p. a., unsearchable.

, -thighe, a., foolishly extravagant.

, m., the bass in music. See <<dos>> and <<dord>>.

, p. a., incurable.

, p. a., stubborn, obstinate; hard to tame.

, p. a., incomprehensible; not easily conceived.

, a., hard to be lighted (O'N.).

, p. a., unsearchable.

, p. a., indeclinable (O'N.).

= dod', somet. duit, to thy, for thy; dot' athair, to thy father, for thy father.

, -e, a., morose, grim, surly, sulky (also wakeful).

, p. a., unnavigable (O'N.).

, p. a., ignorant, untaught. See doi-theagasc.

, p. a., incorruptible.

, g. id., f., difficulty of comprehension.

, p. a., hard to understand.

, -e, ., not easily understood.

, -nighe, a., wanting understanding.

, f., confusion, chaos.

, p. a., unintelligible.