dóigh, dáigh, -ich

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[14], a likely thing, (is) d. é 3 1, 50 4, 45 2, 68 1; (is) d. go 96 9; is é d. go 52 4; is d. mé dá dhéanamh I am likely to do it 64 9, 65 27, 68 12; i nd. +gen. in hope of 6 16, 69 11; i nd. go 69 4; d. a h- hope in, expectation of 76 14, 86 20; do dh. i n- 94 24; d. oinigh a likely source of generosity 65 39 do-ním d. oinigh dhe I expect generosity from him 59 5; is í mo dh. she is my hope 48 21; do-ním d. de I do not think him, it, dangerous, hard, etc. 65 28; is d. aindlighidh dhamh é I can venture to injure him 34 14; ní d. deigh-fhir í no man could aspire to (wed) her 87 3; an- 7 20.

Aithdioghluim Dána: A Miscellany of Irish Bardic Poetry, Historical and Religious, including the Historical Poems of the Duanaire in the Yellow Book of Lecan. Vol II, Translations, Notes, Vocabulary. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.

hope, trust, 4616. as dóigh leam, I think, expect, 3459. dár ndóigh, methinks, 3727, 4184.

Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an Chrábhaidh. Author: Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire. Editor: Thomas F. O’Rahilly.

confidence, hope. nír dhóigh d'fhéin Ábhartaigh, was not a likely mark for (attack by) the warriors of A., 105.

Poems on the O'Reillys. Editor: James Carney.

f., hope, trust, opinion.

Stories from Keating's History of Ireland. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Osborn Bergin.

(14), ní hiongnadh d. fhíre as 1868; d. a haoinfhior agam 2210; i nd. go bhfuighthe 2722; an easy job, &c. ní d. d'aonduine t'oighreacht no man dare claim thy inheritance 1565; ní déantar dóigh chogaidh dó no man dare contend with him 1567; dá ghlaic nar dh. chogaidh (iad), they were too formidable a foe for his hand 1719; buighne nar dh. dhánachta troops too strong for any fierce attack 460; sí do chléir ní d. dhearaidh and she unlikely to fail the poets 1591.

The Book of O'Hara: Leabhar Í Eadhra. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.

f., hope, trust, chuireas a dh. i nduine, 618; atá d. agam, 9628; d. as saidhbhreas, ‘spes lucri,’ 10258;--in phr., i. ndoigh ré, ‘in hope of,’ 10918; or folld. by go clause, 2560, 9597; or by gen. i nd. an pheacaidh do ruagadh uatha, 8962

Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Author: Geoffrey Keating. Editor: Osborn Bergin.