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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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dòlas, grief, Ir. dólas: formed from sòlas, consolation on the analogy of other do- and so- words. See sòlas.
dòlum, mean, surly, wretchedness, poverty. Cf. dòlach.
dom, the gall, gall-bladder; see domblas.
domail, damage; apparently founded on Lat. damnum.
domblas, gall, bile, Ir. comblas, M. Ir. domblas ae, i.e., "bitterness of the liver"; from M. Ir. domblas, ill-taste; from do-mlas. See blas.
domhach, a savage; see doimh.
dòmhail, bulky: M. Ir. derg-domla, pl., from *domail, root of meall: *do-fo-mell?
domhain, deep, so Ir., O. Ir. domain, W. dwfn, Br. don, *dubni-s, *dubno-s; Eng. deep, Got diups; Lit. dubùs, deep dumburýs, a hole in the ground filled with water, dauba, ravine, Ch. Sl. dŭbrǐ, ravine: I. E. dheub. See also dobhar.
domhan, the Universe, so Ir., O. Ir. domun, Gaul. Dubno-, Dumno- (in many proper names, as Dubnotalus, Dumnorix, "World-king", Gaelic Domhnall, *Dumno-valo-s, W. Dyfnual, Celtic *dubno-, the world, the "deep"; another form of domhain above. Cf. Eng. deep for the "sea". D'Arbois de Jubainville explains Dubno- of Gaulish names as "deep", Dumnorix, "deep king", "high king"; and he has similarly to explain Biturix as "king for aye", not "world king": all which seems a little forced.
Dòmhnach, Sunday, so Ir., E. Ir. domnach; from Lat. dominica, "the Lord's". See under Di-.
don, evil, defect, Ir. don; see next word.
dona, bad, so Ir., E. Ir. donae, dona, wretched, bad; opposite to sona, son, happy. See sona.
dongaidh, moist, humid; from the Sc. donk, Eng. dank.
donn, brown, Ir. O. Ir. donn, W. dwn, Gaul. Donnus, Donno-; *donno-s, *dus-no-; Lat. fuscus; Eng. dusk, dust. Eng. dun may be hence.
donnal, a howl, complaint; *don-no-, I. E. dhven, whence Eng. din, Skr. dhvana, sound. Meyer says: "Better donal, fem." G. is masc.
dorbh, dorgh, a hand-line, Ir. dorubha; also drogha, q.v.
dorc, a piece (Dialectic): *dorco-, root der, split, Eng. tear; N. dorg.
dorch, dark, Ir. dorcha, O. Ir. dorche; opposed to sorcha, bright, *do-reg-io-, root reg, see, Lit. regiù, I see. See rosg. The root reg, colour, Gr. ῥέξω, colour, ἔρεβος, Erebus, Norse rökr, darkness, Ragna-rökr, twilight of the gods, is allied. Ascoli and Zimmer refer it to the Gadelic root rich, shine, O. Ir. richis, coal, Bret. regez, glowing embers, Skr. ric, ṛc, shine.
