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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
durrghail, cooing of a dove, Ir. durdail; also currucadh, q.v. Onomatopoetic.
durrasgach, nimble (Dial., H.S.D.):
dursann, an unlucky accident, Ir. dursan, sorrowful, hard (O'R.); from the stem of dorra.
dus, dust, duslach, from Eng. dust.
dùsal, a slumber; from the Eng. doze. See dùiseal.
dùslainn, a gloomy, retired place:
dùth, hereditary; see dù.
dùthaich, a country, district, Ir. dúthaigh, O. Ir. duthoig, hereditary (M. Ir. dúthaig, G. dùthchas, hereditary right: root dû as in dùn? Cf dù.
duthaich, great gut (M'Lagan):
duthuil, fluxus alvi = dubh-ghalar; from dubh and tuil.
E
e, accented è, he, it, Ir. é, *ei-s: root ei, i; O.Lat. eis (= is, he, that), ea, she (= eja); Got is, Ger. er, es; Skr. ayam. The O. Ir. neuter was ed, now eadh (as in seadh, ni h-eadh.
ea-, èa-, privative prefix; see eu-.
eabar, mud, puddle, Ir. abar, marshy land, Adamnan's stagnum Aporicum, Loch-aber, E. Ir. cann-ebor (see Innear), *ex-bor, *ad-bor, the bor of tobar, q.v.
eabon, ebony, so Ir.; from Lat. ebenum, Eng. ebony.
eabur, ivory, so Ir.; from Lat. ebur.
each, a horse, so Ir., O. Ir. ech, W. ebol, colt, Br. ebeul, Gaul. Epo-, *ekvo-s; Lat. equus; Ag. S. eoh, Got. aihva-; Skr. açva-s.
eachdaran, eachdra, a pen for strayed sheep; see eachdranach for root.
eachdraidh, a history, Ir. eachdaireachd, history, eachdaire, historian, E. Ir. echtra, adventures; from E. Ir. prep. echtar, without, *ekstero, W. eithr, extra; Lat. extra, externus; from ex (see a, as).
eachdranach, a foreigner, Ir. eachdrannach, O. Ir. echtrann, exter; Lat. extraneus, Eng. strange. From echtar, as in eachdraidh.
eachrais, confusion, mess; cf. Ir. eachrais, a fair, E. Ir. echtress, horse-fight. See each and treas.
èad, jealousy; see eud.
eadar, between, Ir. eidir, O. Ir. eter, itir etar, W. ithr, Cor. yntr, Br. entre, Gaul, inter, *enter, i.e., en-ter, prep. en; Lat. inter; Skr. antár, inside.
†eadh, it seadh, yes, O. Ir. ed; see e.
