# dóigh
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /d̪ˠoːɟ/
* (Galway) IPA: /d̪ˠoː/
* (Ulster) IPA: /d̪ˠoːj/

### Etymology 1

From Old Irish dóïd, from Proto-Celtic *dauyeti. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic dòth, Manx daah (“to singe, scorch”), Welsh deifio, Breton deviñ, and Cornish dewi.

#### Alternative forms

* dóich (Ulster)

#### Verb

dóigh (present analytic dónn, future analytic dófaidh, verbal noun dó, past participle dóite) (transitive, intransitive)
* burn, singe; sear, scorch
* (games) put out

##### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | dóim | dónn tú; dóir$^†$ | dónn sé, sí | dóimid | dónn sibh | dónn siad; dóid$^†$ | a dhónn; a dhós / a ndónn* | dóitear |
| indicative | past | dhóigh mé; dhós | dhóigh tú; dhóis | dhóigh sé, sí | dhómar; dhóigh muid | dhóigh sibh; dhóbhair | dhóigh siad; dhódar | a dhóigh / ar dhóigh* | dódh |
| indicative | past habitual | dhóinn / ndóinn‡‡ | dhóiteá / ndóiteá‡‡ | dhódh sé, sí / ndódh sé, sí‡‡ | dhóimis; dhódh muid / ndóimis‡‡; ndódh muid‡‡ | dhódh sibh / ndódh sibh‡‡ | dhóidís; dhódh siad / ndóidís‡‡; ndódh siad‡‡ | a dhódh / a ndódh* | dhóití / ndóití‡‡ |
| future | future | dófaidh mé; dófad | dófaidh tú; dófair$^†$ | dófaidh sé, sí | dófaimid; dófaidh muid | dófaidh sibh | dófaidh siad; dófaid$^†$ | a dhófaidh; a dhófas / a ndófaidh* | dófar |
| conditional | conditional | dhófainn / ndófainn‡‡ | dhófá / ndófá‡‡ | dhófadh sé, sí / ndófadh sé, sí‡‡ | dhófaimis; dhófadh muid / ndófaimis‡‡; ndófadh muid‡‡ | dhófadh sibh / ndófadh sibh‡‡ | dhófaidís; dhófadh siad / ndófaidís‡‡; ndófadh siad‡‡ | a dhófadh / a ndófadh* | dhófaí / ndófaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go ndó mé; go ndód$^†$ | go ndó tú; go ndóir$^†$ | go ndó sé, sí | go ndóimid; go ndó muid | go ndó sibh | go ndó siad; go ndóid$^†$ | — | go ndóitear |
| subjunctive | past | dá ndóinn | dá ndóiteá | dá ndódh sé, sí | dá ndóimis; dá ndódh muid | dá ndódh sibh | dá ndóidís; dá ndódh siad | — | dá ndóití |
| imperative | imperative | dóim | dóigh | dódh sé, sí | dóimis | dóigí; dóidh$^†$ | dóidís | — | dóitear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | dó | dó | dó | dó | dó | dó | dó | dó |
| past participle | past participle | dóite | dóite | dóite | dóite | dóite | dóite | dóite | dóite |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
* Alternative present: dóigheann

##### Derived terms

* blas dóite (“burnt taste”)
* dóire (“burner”)
* dóite ag an ngrian (“sunburned”)
* dóite ag an sioc (“seared by frost, frostbitten”)
* dóiteán (“conflagration, fire”)
* gáire dóite (“wry, dry smile”)
* grafadh dóite (“(moor)land scorched and grubbed for tillage”)
* siúcra dóite (“burnt sugar”)

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish doich (“likely, probably”, adjective).

#### Noun

dóigh f (genitive singular dóighe)
* hope, expectation; trust, confidence
* source of expectation; likely subject, mark
* likelihood; supposition, certainty, opinion
* (used adjectivally with copula, comparative dóiche, dóichí) likely, probable

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
dóigh
vocative
a dhóigh
genitive
dóighe
dative
dóigh
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an dóigh
genitive
na dóighe
dative
leis an dóigh don dóigh :

##### Derived terms

* andóigh
* ar ndóigh
* dar ndóigh
* de mo dhóigh
* déan dóigh de
* dóigh déirce
* dóigh magaidh
* dóighiúil
* dóithín
* is dóigh

### Etymology 3

From Old Irish dáig (“way, manner”).

#### Noun

dóigh f (genitive singular dóighe, nominative plural dóigheanna)
* way, manner (used primarily in fixed phrases, see Derived terms)
    ar an dóigh sin ― in that way
* state, condition; situation, circumstances
    Cad é an dóigh atá ort?How is your situation?
* means, opportunity

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
dóigh
dóigheanna
vocative
a dhóigh
a dhóigheanna
genitive
dóighe
dóigheanna
dative
dóigh
dóigheanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an dóigh
na dóigheanna
genitive
na dóighe
na ndóigheanna
dative
leis an dóigh don dóigh
leis na dóigheanna :

##### Derived terms

* ar dhóigh ar bith (“anyhow”)
* ar dóigh (“fine, proper”)
* ar dóigh go (“in order that”)
* cén dóigh? (“in what way? how?”)
* dídhóigh
* dóigh ghiorraisc (“brusque manner”)
* dóigh mheallacach (“tempting manner”)
* gan dóigh (“bad off, destitute”)

### Etymology 4

From Old Irish dáig (“for, since, because”)

#### Conjunction

dóigh
* (literary) for, since, because

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 69
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dóïd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “doich”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dóigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN