adj (dóich ?) Mid.Ir. dóig (
doaig,
Cáin Ad. § 46
v.l.,
RC xxv
35.36
;
dóig: Róim,
Gorm. March 14
;
dáig: cāid,
Gorm. Feb. 21
).
Acc. to
Pedersen Vgl. Gr. i 494
, ii 666, orig. same word as 1 toich and developed
from it through nasalization in the common O.Ir.
formula in doich?
is it likely? perhaps
; a view contested by
Thurn.,
IF Anz. xxvii 17
, Bergin,
ZCP vii 513
, Meyer,
Ériu
vi 109
. Confusion could also have arisen after -s of copula (1 is).
In O.Ir. glosses written doich, doig, compar. dochu, but
dóig,
Sg. 30a8
.
I
(a) As adj.
likely, probable, to be expected:
docho interpretatur puto, unde doig dicitur
,
Corm. Y 463
.
tri sethracha
góa: béss, dóig, toimtiu,
Triads 136
. Used with cop. (expressed or understood) and followed by subord. clause (in
O.Ir. without conjunction and with rel. form of vb.), or
occas. by vn. clause: doig bas fír it is likely that it will be true,
Wb. 5d36
. in doich side do? náde ní d.¤
is it likely of Him?
Nay, it is not likely,
4b14
. in doich bid ar for mrath? is it
likely that it will be to cheat you?
18a15
. ba doig bed n-ingcert
in testimin-so probably this text is corrupt,
Ml. 61b15
.
menip
dóig bes marb in gein,
Ériu ii 208 § 32
.
iss dóich dot-ícfaither,
TE § 9
Eg. (
IT i 124
).
in dóig bát dom éligud-sa ón?,
LU 3277
(
SCC § 7
).
in doig bad ē Conchobar? Nach doich,
TBC-I¹ 2758
.
is doigh is gar bás dam,
ZCP vi 25
.
is doig indisfit dún an ní
. . .,
PH 3758
. (Compar.)
is dochu do quam contempnere
,
Wb.
4b14
. is docha as misi it is more likely it is I,
Fél. 154
. With
vn. clause: in doich epert det-siu `perchance thou mayst say',
Wb. 5b29
.
doig a mbith fo aengne,
SR 2891
. na nethe-si as
bud doig algus a [n]dénma things likely to excite a desire of doing them,
PH 7795
.
nocha docha h'ērghe-si nō (= nā) do beth
marb amārach,
ZCP x 48
.
is dóthcha a beith ag fiaduch,
ITS
xix 88
. With conjunction:
dóig combad ó Dia thísta,
LL
117b6
.
cenēl n-arba . . . ba doig co mbad é in corci,
O'Mulc.
848
.
ni cosmail conid tria spirut inglain . . . is dochu conid
tria shualchi Dé,
PH 2597
. Compar. with DE: is dochaiti
conidh fír uair is é M. roscribh it is all the more likely to be true,
Anecd. ii 36 § 21
. Rarely referring to a personal subject:
ba-sam dóig guin do chnis | daig ind echta dorighnis I was
likely to wound, I was near wounding (?),
Anecd. i 13.5
. dia
ndiglad nech iarna ecaib meite co mbad Mælodrán bad
dochom do i n-Herind if anyone should wreak vengeance (?)
after death . . . M. would be the most likely to do so (of all) in
Ireland (?),
Hib. Min. p. 78
=
bid he M. bud docha
,
Rawl. 512
.
drem as dóig diar ndínón likely to protect us,
Gorm. March 14
.
is d.¤ limm I think it likely, it seems to me:
dóig linn bed
n-acuit,
Sg. 30a8
.
cate in tarb . . . in doig lat? Doig leam bad
i ndiamraib Slebe C. nobeith,
TBC-I¹ 883
.
ba dóig la C. ba hí
Medb bói and,
TBC-LL¹ 1560
. doigh lesi ba codlud don aigid
(= illa putavit hospitem dormire),
Lat. Lives 69
.
fodéma ní
nach dóig latt,
PH 1564
. mac . . . leis nach doigh fer a
choisc da faghail who does not expect to find anyone able to
overcome him,
ZCP vi 29
.
dochóidh i n-ionadh erdhalta in
roba dóigh lais semus dia shaighidh,
AFM v 1726
. Rarely with
DO in this sense:
dóigh dhamh bá machtna leis an ridire,
ZCP xii 396
.
(b) Folld. by LA
likely (in sense of likeable); desirable, an
object of liking: a sense which seems confined to compar.,
where dochu alternates with tochu (toich):
micc na muirech
. . . ni huatha[ib] tṡáilim sochar | is docho lim Issucán,
Fél. 44
(
Fél. Jan. 15
).
is e ba docha . . . la Dia do dóinib domain,
LB
113b14
.
Iesau robo docho le hIsac,
BB 236a41
=
ba tochu,
LB 113b33
.
issí is dochu lind do mnaib Erenn,
Acall. 2793
.
is docha la Dubthach in chumal . . . inú-sa,
Fél. 66
. ní dochaidi
linn hé a bheith 'na anmcarait ag C. we do not like him any the
better for being . . .,
Lism. L. 4793
(= ni tochaite, v.l.).
(c)
proper, right
(?) (cf. 1 toich): ni dóig immurgu sacrific . . .
iterum fri degenca it is not proper (?) to repeat the Sacrament,
Mon. Tall. § 56
(text doubtful).
II Hence in Mid. and later Ir. as subst. (f.)
IGT Decl. § 14
.
opinion, conjecture, supposition:
dóigh .i. baramhail,
O'Cl.
doigh .i. fiadhnaise deise, ib. ? nocon doigh ata in test ecnai
doberar for G. G's reputation for wisdom is not a matter of
mere opinion (but founded on fact),
ZCP xii 371.19
.
Esp. in phrases: dom d.¤
methinks, I daresay, in my opinion
;
dar nd.¤
most likely, verily, surely:
ní ro maith é dom dóith,
O'Gr. Cat. 267.24
.
anocht dom dhóigh ní mór mo dhíghnit,
Keat. Poems 1596
.
dar ndóigh is dearmad 's ní locht,
Content. vi 100
.
dar ndóich as aislin[g] do chonnairc tú,
RC
xxiii 10
. i nd.¤
in the belief (that), on the supposition (that):
ní
benuit crann . . . a ndōigh anma do beith inntibh,
Marco P.
179
.
do gab eccla R. ┐ O. a ndoigh nach fetfuidis cosnum
risna págánachu,
Fier. 211
. rithid . . . do ligin an cuslinn
a ndoigh co madh fiuchad lennan do beth acu in case it should
be,
23 F 19, 16va29
.
(b)
hope, expectation, confidence:
dóigh, dóchas, muinighin,
Eg. Gl. 232
.
atá dóigh agam . . . go bhféadfam dul tar na
guaisibh sin,
TSh. 9628
.
an bhetha shiordhuidhe d'iarraidh ┐
doigh sheasmhach a faghala,
Luc. Fid. 71
.
a Íosa, a mo
dhóigh,
Parrth. Anma 21
. Folld. by prep. A(S): do bi do
doigh as naomhtacht Mháodocc aicce such was his trust in
M.'s sanctity,
BNnÉ 274
.
fa mór dóigh Robeird a lāim ┐ a
glicus Muiris,
Expugn. Hib. § 6
.
triúr as a ndlighfidhe dóigh,
Content. iv 26
.
dóigh gaisgidh . . . níor dhéanta dhuit asat
féin,
xviii 33
. fer . . . as ar mó dóigh daoine da raibe beo a
man of whom greater expectations had been formed,
AFM vi 2058
.
i nd.¤
in hopes, in expectation (of, that), folld. by gen.,
RE (= FRI) or clause introd. by CO N-:
nā bith āthus ort . . . a
ndoigh mo grādha-sa d'faghail,
ZCP vi 28
.
i ndóigh an
pheacaidh do ruagadh uatha,
TSh. 8962
.
i ndóigh ré síoth,
10918
.
triallais leo i ndóigh ré tathfann na nGall a hEirinn,
Keat. iii 5095
.
i ndóigh go bhfuighbheadh fosgadh . . . ón
doininn,
TSh. 2560
.
ag deunamh urnaighthe . . . i ndóigh go
ndiongnadh Dia trócaire uirthe,
Eochairsg. 89
. ar d.¤
(id.):
rocumdaigead cathoir fo talmain lais ar doigh nā faicid se
tir nā talumh,
Todd Nenn. 188
.
cuirid d.¤ i n- puts trust in, hopes in:
do chuir sé a dhóigh a
nDia,
Psalms xxii 8
.
an tí chuireas a dhóigh i nduine,
TSh. 618
.
cuir h'uile dhoigh . . . am Mac,
Fl. Earls 116
.
do-gní d.¤ de
forms expectations of, builds hopes on (usually
in sense of hoping to attain or overcome): ní gnáth dóigh do
dhéiniomh dhí to hope to win anything of her (Leinster),
O'Gr. Cat. 500
. dorónsat a bidbaidh dóigh de formed hopes of
defeating him,
Expugn. Hib. § 14
. fíor-fhlaith ní déantar dhé
dóigh `the prince is thought too strong to touch',
Content.
xviii 120
.
Hence a ground of hope
, and with gen.
a likely or hopeful
subject (for): ní dóigh d'aon ar n-agallmha no one has any
chance in disputing with us,
Content. viii 20
. díbheargaigh
nach dóigh i dtroid whom there is no hope of overcoming, ib.
note. guidhim Dia nach dóigh breige who is not likely to
deceive (who is unlikely to be deceived?),
3 C 1 2, 387.1
. Tuath
Dé nar dhoigh mbíodhbhadh enemies likely to be conquered,
3 C 13, 764.11
.
d.¤ ar
chance, opportunity:
robhiodh fein ┐ F. ag comhaontughadh re chéle gach uair dogheibhdis doig air,
Ériu iv 57
(cf. follg.).
(c)
suspicion, conjecture, hint, cognizance
(of someth.
hidden) usually folld. by AR: má berait dóig dochom neich
if they suspect anyone,
Cáin Ad. § 46
.
fuair doigh [eolus, v.l.]
aran ccuas ina raibhe an naomh,
BNnÉ 157
. fuair C. doigh
ar chogar na ceilge sin got wind of,
Death-tales of the Ulster heroes 42
. cuirthear
i bhfolach é ┐ fuaradar na hamaide dóigh air traced him,
Keat. ii 5979
.
(d) Hence
manner, fashion, way, condition:
ar in dóig i
bhfuilir anois,
SG 295.31
. maithim dod dhóigh dhíoghraisigh
`thy anxious state',
A. Ó Dálaigh lii 1
. mar leomhan ag
iarraidh dóighe ar ar slugadhne seeking an opportunity,
Carswell 65
. doigh .i. modh `a mode, manner',
P. O'C.