doghrainneach

Irish

Alternative forms

• doghranta
• doghraingeach (obsolete)

Etymology

doghrainn +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔːɾən̠ʲa(x)/

Adjective

doghrainneach (genitive singular masculine doghrainnigh, genitive singular feminine doghrainní, plural doghrainneacha, comparative doghrainní)

1. distressful, hard to bear, difficult

Declension

Declension of doghrainneach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	doghrainneach	dhoghrainneach	doghrainneacha; dhoghrainneacha²
Vocative	dhoghrainnigh		doghrainneacha
Genitive		doghrainní	doghrainneacha	doghrainneach
Dative	doghrainneach; dhoghrainneach¹	dhoghrainneach; dhoghrainnigh (archaic)	doghrainneacha; dhoghrainneacha²
Comparative	níos doghrainní
Superlative	is doghrainní

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
doghrainneach	dhoghrainneach	ndoghrainneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “doghrainneach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dograingech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “doġrainneaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 252
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “doghrainneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN