Irish

Alternative forms

• daochaint
• daothain
• dóchain
• dóchaint
• dóithin

Noun

dóthain f ‎(genitive singular dóthain)

or

dóthain m ‎(genitive singular dóthana)

1. enough, sufficiency

   Tá mo dhóthain agam.‎

   I have enough.

   An bhfuil do dhóthain bainne ann?‎

   Is there enough milk for you?

Usage notes

This noun is generally modified by a possessive determiner indicating the person who the sufficiency is for: mo dhóthain ‎(“enough for me”), do dhóthain ‎(“enough for you”), a dóthain ‎(“enough for her”), etc., even when the “for me” etc. is not expressed in English.

In certain idiomatic expressions, this noun can be modified by a number, but this number is not to be taken literally:

• Tá a dhá dhóthain le déanamh aige.‎

  He has his hands full (literally, He has his two sufficiencies to do).

• Tá a seacht ndóthain le rá acu.‎

  They talk far too much (literally, They have their seven sufficiencies to say).

Declension

Variant declension:

Derived terms

• mórdhóthain ‎(“more than enough”)

Mutation

References

• “doíthin” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “dóthain” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "dóthain" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.