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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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O. Fr. drud (do.), druerie, love, whence M. Eng. druerie, Sc. drouery, illicit love. Mayhew refers the Fr. and Eng. to O. H. G. drút dear (also trút, drúd): a Teut. dreuð? Cf. Ger. traut, beloved (Kludge).
druma, a drum, Ir., M. Ir. druma; from the Eng.
druman, elder; see troman.
drumlagan, a cramp in back, wrists, etc. (M'D.):
dù, meet, proper, Ir., E. Ir. dú. This Stokes regards as borrowed from O. Fr. dû (= debntus), whence Eng. due. But see dùthaich, dual.
du-, do-, prefix denoting badness of quality, Ir., O. Ir. du-, do-, *dus; Gr. δυσ-; Got. tuz-, Norse tor-; Skr. dus-. See do-.
duaichnidh, gloomy, ugly, Ir. duaichniúghadh, to disfigure. See suaicheantas.
duaidh, a horrid scene, a fight, Ir. dúaidh, evil (O'B.): *du-vid?
duairc, uncivil, Ir., E. Ir. duairc: opposite of suairc, q.v.
duaireachas, a squabble, slander: du-aireachas. See eireachdail.
duairidh, dubharaidh, a dowry; from the Eng.
duais, a reward, so Ir., E. Ir. duass, gift: *dovestâ; Gr. δοῦναι, to give (= douénai): Lit. důti (do.), dovanà, a gift; Lat. duint (= dent). Root dô, give.
dual, a lock of hair, Ir., E. Ir. dual, *doklo-; Got. tagl, hair, Ag. S. taegl, Eng. tail, Norse tagl, horse's tail.
dual, hereditary right, so Ir., M. Ir. dúal, *dutlo-; see dúthaich. Stokes refers it to Fr. dû, as he does dù, q.v. Ir. dúal, just, proper, might come from *duglo-, root dhugh, fashion, Gr. τεúχειν, Got. dugan, Eng. do.
duan, a poem, song, so Ir., E. Ir. dúan, *dugno-; Lettic dugát, cry as a crane (Bez.). Stokes derives it from dhugh above under dual.
duarman, a murmur; cf. torman from toirm.
dùbailte, Ir. dubâilte; from M. Eng. duble, O. Fr. doble, Lat. duplex.
dubh, black, Ir. dubh, O. Ir. dub, W. du, O. W. dub, Cor. duv, Br. du, *dubo-; Gr. τυφλός (= quf-lós, blind; Got. daubs, deaf, Ger. taub, Eng. deaf, also dumb. Cf. Gaul. river name Dubis, now Doubs.
dubhach, sad, Ir. dúbhach, O. Ir. dubach; see subhach.
dubhailc, wickedness, Ir. dúbhailce; see subhailc.
dubhailteach, sorrowful; founded on dubh.
dubhair, said; see thughairt.
dùbhaith, a pudding:
dubhan, a hook, Ir. dubhán, M. Ir. dubán:
dubhchlèin, the flank (H.S.D. from MSS.):
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