dúliath
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: dú‧liath
Adjective
[edit]dúliath (genitive singular masculine dúléith, genitive singular feminine dúléithe, plural dúliatha, comparative dúléithe)
- dark grey
Declension
[edit]Declension of dúliath
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | dúliath | dhúliath | dúliatha; dhúliatha² | |
Vocative | dhúléith | dúliatha | ||
Genitive | dúléithe | dúliatha | dúliath | |
Dative | dúliath; dhúliath¹ |
dhúliath; dhúléith (archaic) |
dúliatha; dhúliatha² | |
Comparative | níos dúléithe | |||
Superlative | is dúléithe |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dúliath | dhúliath | ndúliath |
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) “dúliath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “dúliath”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024