dóchúil
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[edit]Etymology
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Adjective
[edit]dóchúil (genitive singular masculine dóchúil, genitive singular feminine dóchúla, plural dóchúla, comparative dóchúla)
Declension
[edit]Declension of dóchúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | dóchúil | dhóchúil | dóchúla; dhóchúla² | |
Vocative | dhóchúil | dóchúla | ||
Genitive | dóchúla | dóchúla | dóchúil | |
Dative | dóchúil; dhóchúil¹ |
dhóchúil | dóchúla; dhóchúla² | |
Comparative | níos dóchúla | |||
Superlative | is dóchúla |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dóchúil | dhóchúil | ndóchúil |
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) “dóchúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “dóchúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024