duthain
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
duthain (genitive singular masculine duthain, genitive singular feminine duthaine, plural duthaine, comparative duthaine)
Declension[edit]
Declension of duthain
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | duthain | dhuthain | duthaine; dhuthaine² | |
| Vocative | dhuthain | duthaine | ||
| Genitive | duthaine | duthaine | duthain | |
| Dative | duthain; dhuthain¹ |
dhuthain | duthaine; dhuthaine² | |
| Comparative | níos duthaine | |||
| Superlative | is duthaine | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- duthaine f (“transience”)
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| duthain | dhuthain | nduthain |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duthain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN