dhing

Irish

Verb

dhing

1. past analytic of ding

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English thing, from Old English þing (“thing”), from Proto-West Germanic *þing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːn/
• Homophone: deen

Noun

dhing

1. thing
   • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 4, page 104:

     Ar aany noor dhing at woode comfoort mee,

     Or any other thing that would comfort me,

   • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 106:

     Gooude var nat oan dhing, niether treesh ar thraame;

     Good for not one thing; neither for the trace, nor the car.

Derived terms

• zumthin'

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 34