duthain

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

duthain (genitive singular masculine duthain, genitive singular feminine duthaine, plural duthaine, comparative duthaine)

1. short-lived, transient

Declension

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

• díomuan

Related terms

• duthaine f (“transience”)

Mutation

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duthain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN