daoi

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish duí (“fool, ignoramus”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪ˠiː/

Noun

daoi m (genitive singular daoi, nominative plural daoithe)

  1. dullard (stupid person, fool)
  2. churl (boorish person).

Declension

Declension of daoi (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative daoi daoithe
vocative a dhaoi a dhaoithe
genitive daoi daoithe
dative daoi daoithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an daoi na daoithe
genitive an daoi na ndaoithe
dative leis an daoi
don daoi 		leis na daoithe

Antonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of daoi
radical lenition eclipsis
daoi dhaoi ndaoi

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 duí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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