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dorrga

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish dorrda.[2] By surface analysis, dorr +‎ -ga.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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dorrga

  1. grim
  2. surly, gruff
  3. harsh

Declension

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Declension of dorrga
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative dorrga dhorrga dorrga;
dhorrga2
vocative dhorrga dorrga
genitive dorrga dorrga dorrga
dative dorrga;
dhorrga1 		dhorrga dorrga;
dhorrga2
Comparative níos dorrga
Superlative is dorrga

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

Mutation

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Mutated forms of dorrga
radical lenition eclipsis
dorrga dhorrga ndorrga

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

References

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  1. ^ “dorrga”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dorrda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 95

Further reading

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