doilbhir
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[edit]Etymology
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Adjective
[edit]doilbhir (genitive singular masculine doilbhir, genitive singular feminine doilbhre, plural doilbhre, comparative doilbhre)
Declension
[edit]Declension of doilbhir
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | doilbhir | dhoilbhir | doilbhre; dhoilbhre² | |
| Vocative | dhoilbhir | doilbhre | ||
| Genitive | doilbhre | doilbhre | doilbhir | |
| Dative | doilbhir; dhoilbhir¹ |
dhoilbhir | doilbhre; dhoilbhre² | |
| Comparative | níos doilbhre | |||
| Superlative | is doilbhre | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| doilbhir | dhoilbhir | ndoilbhir |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “doilbhir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “doilbhir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “doilbhir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024