dorraghey

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish dorchae.

Adjective

dorraghey

1. dark

   Ta'n oie fliugh dorraghey. ― The wet night is dark.

2. dusky
3. obscure, enigmatic

Derived terms

• coraa dorraghey
• dorraghys
• raa dorraghey

 

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dorraghey	ghorraghey	norraghey
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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