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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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duircein, the seeds of the fir, etc., duirc-daraich, acorns. See dorc. O. Ir. derucc, glans, is referred by Windisch to the root of darach, q.v.
duiseal, a whip; from M. Eng. duschen, strike, of Scandinavian origin, now dowse.
dùiseal, dùsal, slumber; from Norse dúsa, doze, Eng. doze.
duisleannan, ill-natured pretences, freaks (Dialectic, H.S.D.), dùisealan (M'E.); from dúiseal: "dreaming"?
dùisg, awake, Ir. dúisgim, dúisighim, O. Ir. diusgea, expergefaciat, *de-ud-sec-, root sec as in caisg, q.v.
dul, dula, a noose, loop, Ir. dul, dol, snare, loop, W. dôl, noose, loop, doli, form a ring or loop; Gr. δόλος, snare; Lat. dolus, etc.
dula, a pin, peg, Ir. dula; cf. Lat. dolo, a pike, M.H.G. zol, a log.
dùldachd, a misty gloom; see dúdlachd.
dùmhlaich, increase in bulk; see dòmhail.
dùn, a heap, a fortress, Ir., O. Ir. dún, W. din, Gaul. dûnum, -δουνον, *dûno-n, *dûnos-; Ag. S. tún, Eng. town, Ger. zaun, hedge, Norse tún (do.); Gr. δúνασθαι, can. Root deva, dû, to be strong, hard, whence also dùr.
dunach, dunaidh, woe; from dona?
dùr, dull, stubborn, Ir., E. Ir. dúr, W. dir, force, Br. dir, steel, Gaul. dûrum, fortress, *dûro-, Lat. dûrus. For further connections see dûn.
dùrachd, dùthrachd, good wish, wish, diligence, Ir. dúthrachd, O. Ir. dúthracht, *devo-traktu-s-, *trakkô, press; Ag. S. thringan, Ger. dringen, press forward, Eng. throng (Stokes). Windisch has compared Skr. tark, think, which may be the same as tark of tarkus, spindle, Lat. torqueo. Verb dùraig.
dùradan, durradan, an atom, mote, Ir. dúrdán; from the root dûr as in dùr above: "hard bit"?
durc, a lumpish person:
durcaisd, turcais, pincers, nippers, tweezers; from Sc. turkas, from Fr. turquoise, now tricoises, "Turkish" or farrier's pincers.
dùrd, a syllable, sound, humming, Ir., E. Ir. dórd, dordaim, mugio, W. dwrdd, sonitus, tordd, *dordo-s, root der, sound, I. E. dher; Lettic dardėt rattle. Further Gr. θρῆνος, dirge, τονθρúς, muttering, Norse drynr, roaring, Eng. drone; root dhre.
durga, surly, sour, Ir. dúrganta. Cf. Ir. dúranta, morose. G. seems to be from Norse durga, sulky fellow, Eng. dwarf.
durlus, water-cress; from dur = dobhar and lus, q.v.
durraidh, pork, a pig, durradh! grumphy! Cf. dorra.
durrag, a worm:
