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dòrainn

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish dograing (“distress, affliction, strait, difficulty”)[1]

Noun

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dòrainn f (genitive singular dòrainne, plural dòrainnean)

  1. torment, vexation
  2. agony, anguish, misery, hardship
  3. (Colonsay, Islay) (physical) pain
    Synonym: pian

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dograing”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “dòruinn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
  • Seumas Grannd (2000) The Gaelic of Islay: A Comparative Study‎[2], Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen, →ISBN
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