duais1, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~eanna).1. Gift, reward, prize. ~ a thabhairt do dhuine, to reward s.o.; to award a prize to s.o. Is fiú ~ é, he deserves a reward. ~ a thairiscint, to offer a reward, a prize. Ní ghlacfaidh an bás ~, death cannot be put off with gifts, cannot be bribed. ~ airgid, money prize, purse. 2. Turf: Stake.
duais2, f. (gs. ~e). Gloom, dejection; trouble, sorrow; travail, distress. ~ a chur ort féin le rud, to trouble, distress, oneself with sth.; to get down to sth. S.a. don1, dua.