dócúl

Irish

Alternative forms

  • dócamhal (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish doccumail.[2] Etymological antonym of sócúl.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /d̪ˠoːˈkuːl̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠoːkuːlˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔːkəlˠ/[3]

Noun

dócúl m (genitive singular dócúil)

  1. difficulty, distress, discomfort

Declension

Declension of dócúl (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative dócúl
vocative a dhócúil
genitive dócúil
dative dócúl
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an dócúl
genitive an dócúil
dative leis an dócúl
don dócúl

Derived terms

  • dócúlach
  • dócúlacht

References

  1. ^ “dócúl”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “doccumail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 133, page 51

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