daigh

See also: dáigh

Irish

Alternative forms

  • daighidh, doigh

Etymology

From Old Irish daig (“flame, fire”).[1]

Noun

daigh f (genitive singular daighe, nominative plural daitheacha)

  1. (literary) flame, fire
  2. stabbing pain, pang, twinge

Declension

Declension of daigh (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative daigh daitheacha
vocative a dhaigh a dhaitheacha
genitive daighe daitheacha
dative daigh daitheacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an daigh na daitheacha
genitive na daighe na ndaitheacha
dative leis an daigh
don daigh 		leis na daitheacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of daigh
radical lenition eclipsis
daigh dhaigh ndaigh

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), “daig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “doiġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 353; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “daigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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