duine
I.
, but this is unlikely).
II.
, g. id., pl. daoine, people, mankind; gpl. daoineadh or daoine, m., a man, human being, person, individual; a mortal (used of male or female, but generally male); employed without article = Fr. on, Germ. man, English one or they, as in "one goes," "they say"; aon d., d. ar bith, anyone, anybody; with neg., nobody; d. éigin, some one, somebody; an uile dh., every one, everybody; a dhuine chóir, honest man! my good sir! d. tíre, peasant; d. uasal, gentleman, d. mór, great man, nobleman; na daoine móra, the gentry; sean-duine, old man.
duadh
, g. duaidh, m., toil, trouble, hardship, difficulty, strait, sorrow; tá a lán d'a dhuadh faghálta agam, I have got a good deal of trouble from it (him).
duadhamhail
, -mhla, a., laborious, toilsome; also clownish, churlish, boorish.
duadhánach
, -aigh, -aighe, m., a troublesome fellow.
duadhmhar
, -aire, a., laborious, toilsome.
duaibhseach
, -sighe, a., gloomy, irksome, stubborn, morose.
duaidnéis
, -e, f., trouble, difficulty.
duailín
, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., a bobbin, a little bundle of flax, straw, etc.
duainreacht
, poet. for duanaireacht.
duairc
, -e, a., surly, stern, morose, unamiable.
duairceas
, -cis, m., surliness.
duais
, -e, -eanna, f., a reward, present, prize, wages; a bribe; stakes.
duaiseach
, -sighe, a., generous, liberal, bountiful.
dual
I.
, -ail, m., law, part, duty, office; a patrimony; an inherent hereditary principle, what is according to kith or kind; nature; ba dhual dó é dhéanamh, it was according to his kind to do it; custom, toll, fee (O'N.).
II.
, -ail, pl. id., m., a pin, a peg, a nail.
III.
, -ail, pl. id., gpl. dualach, m., a tress, a lock of hair; a fold of a cord, a strand of rope; dual lín, a sheaf of green flax (O'N.).
IV.
, -aile, a., right, proper, becoming, inherent, natural.
dualach
, -aighe, a., folded, plaited; in tresses.
dualadóir
-óra, -óiridhe, m., a plaiter, a carver, an embroiderer.
dualaim
, -adh, v. tr., I plait, fold, weave, curve, braid.
dual bacach
, m., a lame person. (?)
dualgas
, -ais, m., hire, wages, tribute, duty; dues paid to the clergy (Aran); obligation.
duan
, -aine, -anta, f., a poem, a song, a lay; a copy of verses; a canto (nom. also duain); dim. duanóg.
duanach
, -aighe, a., bardic, poetical, melodious.
duanaire
, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a rhymer, a poet; a poetical miscellany. (a book called Duanaire Phiarais Feiritéir is referred to by O'Brien and in MS. H.1.7.T.C.D.; it contained many matters of historical interest; it is now, unhappily, lost.)
duanaireacht
, -a, f., act of reciting or composng verses; crying as a child.
duas
or duais
, labour, pain; cnead is duais, the suffering of a cow immediately before death; "dona 's duais ar d'oide múinte," "misfortune attend your schoolmaster," an imprecation on quarrellers (W. Ker.).
duasach
, -aighe, a., painful, toilsome (from duas, labour, pain).
duasmhar
, -aire, a., laborious, toilsome, troublous, difficult.
dubh
I.
, gsf. duibhe, a., black, dark, gloomy, morose, sad, severe (it is used as an intensive prefix).
II.
, duibh, m., ink; black night; ó dhubh go dubh, all day long.
dubhach
I.
, -aigh m., ink.
II.
, -aighe, a., sad, mournful, sorrowful, melancholy, grieved, dejected.
dubhachán
, -áin, pl. id., m., a blight; a small rick of turf; an ink-well, an ink-stand (O'N.).
dubhachan
See <<duibheachan>>.
dubhachas
, -chais, m., sadness, sorrow, melancholy.
dubhadh
, -bhtha, m., blackening, mourning; síor-dhubhadh, utter cheerlessuess.
dubhadán
, -áin, pl. id., m., an ink-stand; ink; soot, smut, black-ball, smoke.
dubhagán
, -áin, pl. id., m., the deep; a bottomless pit (O'N.). See <<duibheagán>> and <<dubhaigéan>>.
dubhaigéan
, -éin, pl. id., m., the very deepest part, the greatest depth (O'N.); léim caorach i nd., the jump of a sheep into the ocean, a rash act.
dubhailce
, g. id., pl. -acha, f., a vice, an evil habit.
dubhailceach
, -cighe, a., vicious.
dubhailceas
, -cis, m., vice, viciousness.
dubhaim
, -adh, I blacken, daub.
dubhairt
See <<adeirim>>.
dubhairt sé dábhairt sé
, idle talk, hearsay.
dubhán
I.
, -áin, pl. id., m., a hook, a snare; a fishing hook.
II.
, -áin pl. id., m., the kidney.
dubhán-alla
, -áin-alla, pl. id., m., a spider. See dabhán-alla.
dubhán ceann-chosach
, -áin cheann-chosaigh, m., common self-heal, prunella vulgaris; also written dubhán ceann-chas.
dubh-chodladh
, m., a deep sleep.
dubh-chos
, f., a black foot, stem, or stalk.
dubh-chosach
I.
, -aighe, a., black-footed.
II.
, -aighe, f., maiden-hair fern; also called té scailpreach, as it is used sometimes for tea (Aran).
dubh-chroidheach
, -dhighe, a., black-hearted, joyless, melancholic.
dubh-dhánach
, -aighe, a., fatal.
dubh-dhruim
, m., "cold shoulder"; in phr., dubh-dh. do chur ris an saidhbhreas, to turn one's back wholly on riches, to renounce it altogether, to give it the cold shoulder.
dubh-ghall
, -aill, pl. id., a Dane, a foreigner.
dubh-ghlas
, -ghlaise, a., dark gray.
dubh-ghnúiseach
, -sighe, a., black-faced.
dubh-ghorm
, -ghuirme, a., dark blue.
dubh-lacht
, -a, m., corrupt produce (lit., black juice or milk).
dubhlaidh
, -e, a., ungenerous; ba dh. an mhaise dhuit, it was ungenerous of you; wintry; dark.
dubhlaidheacht
, -a, f., hard or severe part of winter; d. na bliadhna (Don.); cf. dubhluachair (M.).
dubhlaitheach
, -thighe, a., melancholy; serious, grave.
dubh-lasrach
, -aighe, a., black-flamed.
dubh-lia
, m., the pancreas. See <<lia>>.
dubh-lochlannach
, -aigh, -aighe, m., a Dane.
dubhlogán
, -áin, m., a mote such as gets into the eye (Don.).
dubh-loscadh
, m., a complete conflagration.
dubhluachair
, -chra, f., the worst part, the refuse; d. na bliadhna, the depth of winter.
dubh-luighe
, m., misfortune; a black spell of sickness (common in imprecations, dubh-luighe fada ort).
dubh 'na gheal
; dubh 'na gheal do bhualadh (chur) air, to impose upon him, to persuade him that black is white.
dubh-námha
(-námhaid)
, f., a mortal enemy.
dubhnarus
, -uis, m., impudence, assumption, arrogance.
dubhnarusach
, -aighe, a., impudent, assuming, arrogant.
dubhradán
, -áin, pl. id., m., a black mote or atom; a small particle such as gets into the eye; an insignificant person.
dubrón
, -óin, m., dire, bitter sorrow; melancholy.
dubrónach
, -aighe, a., bitterly sorrowful; melancholy.
dubhshlán
, -áin, m., challenge, defiance; d. do chur faoi, to challenge; mo dh. fút, I defy you; 's é do dh. é, it is as much as you can do.
dubh-shnámh
, m., a diving under water.
dubh-throscadh
, m., rigorous abstinence or fast.
dug
, and doga, m., a dock (for ships).
dugaidheacht
, -a, f., wharfage.
duibh-
(dubh-), black (an intensitive prefix).
duibh-bhreac
, m., a young trout.
duibh-chíos
, -a, -anna, m., a tribute; heavy rent.
duibh-dhrithleach
, -lighe, a., giving out black sparks.
duibhe
, g. id., f., blackness, gloom, ink; a stain.
duibheachan
, -ain, m., darkness; a darkening; d. na hoidhche, dusk; tháinig d. mór ar na spéarthaibh, a heavy darkness came over the heavens (also duibhthean).
duibheachán
I.
, -áin, m., an abyss; a dark, deep hole; a pit.
II.
, -áin, m., potato blight (Mayo); dubh, id. (Ker.).
duibheacht
, -a, f., blackness, darkness, stain.
duibh-éadán
, -áin, pl. id., m., a black forehead.
duibheagán
, -áin, pl. id., m., depth; the deep; an abyss. See <<dubhaigéan>> and <<duibheachán>>.
duibh-eagánach
, -aighe, a., deep, profound, bottomless.
duibh-ealnach
, -aigh, -aighe, m., a necromancer.
duibhéan
, m., a cormorant.
duibh-liath
, -léithe, f., the spleen, the milt.
duibh-lionn
, -leanna, f., melancholy; the spleen.
duibh-lionntach
, -aighe, a., melancholic, splenetic.
duibh-néall
, -néill, pl. -néallta, m., a black cloud.
duibh-ré
, f., the first and last quarters of the moon; "dark moon"; a moonless portion of the night; oidhche dh., a night with "dark moon."
duibh-shliabh
, -shléibhe, -shléibhte, m., a black mountain.
duileasc
, -lisc, m., a kind of edible sea-plant; d. na habhann, broad-leaved pond-weed.
duille
, g. id., m., a leaf.
duilleabhar
, -air, m., foliage, a leaf of a plant.
duilleabhar féithleann
, m., honeysuckle.
duilleabhar spuinnc
, m., coltsfoot.
duilleach
, -lighe, a., leafy, leaf-clad.
duilleachán
, -áin, pl. id., m., a pamphlet, an unbound booklet.
duilleog
, -oige, -oga, f., a leaf of a tree or book; dá thaobh na duilleoige, both sides of the question; bileog, id. (M.).
duilleogach
, -aighe, a., full of small leaves.
duilleog bháidhte
, f., water lily (nymphaea major aquatica).
duilleog Bhrighde
, f., dock cresses, nipple wort (lapsana communis).
duillighim
, -iughadh, v. intr., I bring forth leaves.
duilliosc na mbeann
, m., mountain laver, a scruff growing on the face of mountain boulders, used in dyeing.
duill-mhíol
, -mhíl, pl. id. and -mhíola, m., a caterpillar.
duineabhacht
, -a, f., manslaughter (O'N.).
duineamhail
, -mhla, a., manly, like a man; worldly, natural.
duineamhlacht
, -a, f., manliness, manhood; naturalness.
duineanta
, duineata, indec. a., humane.
duineantacht
, -a, duineatacht, -a, f., humanity, kindness.
duine-mharbhadh
, m., homicide; (also dúnmharbhadh).
duine-mharbhthach
, -aighe, a., homicidal.
duirc
, -e, -eanna, f., a dagger, a dirk.
duirling
, -e, -the, f., a row of boulders thrown up on the coast by the storm; a rocky promontory (Clare); pron. doirling in Don., where it means a rude breakwater; ní lia clocha na duirlinge ná iad (Con.). See <<tuirling>>.
duiseal
, -sil, pl. id., m., a sprout; a cloud; gloom; a flute, a pipe; a spout; re guth do dhuiseal. See Ps., xlii, 7.
duisín
, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a dozen; a hank of yarn of twelve cuts, each cut containing 120 threads.
duit
, prep. pr., 2nd s., to thee, for thee; emph. duit-se. See prep. <<do>>.
dul
I.
, -a and -ta, vl. n. m., act of going, getting, securing (used in meanings of téidhim); going over to the other world, death; idiom, construction; níl aon dul air sin agat, you have no chance or obtaining that; dul ar aghaidh, to prosper; dul ar, to reach; sin é an dul ceart, that is the proper construction (in grammar); tá dul an Bhéarla air, it is in the English construction; níl aon dul uaidh le, 7c., there is no excelling him with, etc. (N. Con.).
II.
, -uil, pl. id., m., a snare, a trap; a loop, a net; a gin; a syringe; a wedge, a pin; a knot in wood. See <<dol>>.
dula
, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a wedge, a peg, a pin (also dola).
dulaim
, vl. duilidheacht and dularacht, v. tr., I ensnare, entrap, catch with a net, catch with a loop.
dulán
, -áin, pl. id., m., a cork, a plug, a peg, a pin, a wedge.
dulasach
, -aighe, a., eager, vehement; go dána d. (Kea.).
dulbhar
, -aire, a., doleful, unpleasant (O'R.).
dulbharacht
, -a, f., dolefulness, misery, unpleasantness.
dulchán
, -áin, m., avarice, covetousness.
dulchánach
, -aighe, a., covetous; miserable, pitiful; dirty.
dulchánacht
, -a, f., greed, avarice.
dul gliomach
, m., a wicker-work lobster-pot, a kind of crib in which lobster is preserved in the salt water. See <<dul>>, a trap.
dumhach
, -aighe, a., misty, dark
dumasach
, m., light, peaty soil (Don.).
dumhsach
, -aighe, a., dark, dismal, gloomy.
dunán
, -áin, pl. id., m., a mannikin. See <<donán>>.
dundarlán
, -áin, pl. id., m., a dunce (Don.).
durabhán
, -áin, m., a rich, sandy, soil (Aran).
dursan
m., grief, pity; is dursan liom, I feel aggrieved at (also diorsan).
dus
, dus-ara, m., a client (O'N.).
dusaracht
, -a, f., crying, complaining; impertinence of reply (also dosaireacht).
duscaireacht
, -a, f., act of doing lighter work about a house (Don.); also dioscaireacht.
duscamhach
, -aighe, a., rakish, courageous (Con.).
duscán
, -áin, pl. id., m., a bundle, a parcel (Con.).
dusóg
, -óige, -óga, f., a woman client (O'N.).
dusóglach
, m., a man client (O'N.).
duthain
I.
, -e, a., transient.
II.
, -e, f., deceit.