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ど偉い · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	ど偉えらい	ど偉えらくない
Polite	ど偉えらいです	ど偉えらくないですalso ど偉えらくありません
Past polite	ど偉えらかったです	ど偉えらくなかったですalso ど偉えらくありませんでした
Past	ど偉えらかった	ど偉えらくなかった
Te-form	ど偉えらくて	ど偉えらくなくて
Adverbial	ど偉えらく
Conditional	ど偉えらければ	ど偉えらくなければ
Tara conditional	ど偉えらかったら	ど偉えらくなかったら

Meanings

i-adjective

immense; enormous; terrific; awesome

Emphatic colloquial adjective; often used in Kansai dialect but widely understood. Conveys that something is extraordinarily big, great, or intense.

今日きょうはどえらい暑あつさやな。
It's terrifically hot today, isn't it?
彼かれはどえらい才さい能のうを持もっている。
He has immense talent.

Kanji

偉admirable, greatness, remarkable

Related words

偉えらい
ど偉い is an intensified form of 偉い (great, admirable, terrible), adding the emphatic prefix ど. While 偉い can mean 'great' or 'terrible' depending on context, ど偉い is always strongly emphatic and colloquial.
すごい
すごい is a common neutral-to-casual intensifier meaning 'amazing' or 'terrible'. ど偉い is more dialectal and carries a rougher, more emphatic feel.

Written forms

ど偉えらい
Standard kanji-kana spelling; the prefix ど is written in kana and 偉い in kanji.
どえらいUsage100%
Kana spelling is common in casual writing and when the kanji 偉 is not needed.

Etymology

Formed by attaching the emphatic prefix ど to the adjective 偉い (えらい). The prefix ど is a dialectal intensifier, common in Kansai and other western Japanese dialects.