dúdach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dúdach (genitive singular masculine dúdaigh, genitive singular feminine dúdaí, plural dúdacha, comparative dúdaí)
- stumpy
- long-necked
- Synonyms: fadmhuineálach, muineálach, scrogallach
- Antonym: gearrmhuineálach
- mopish, shy, foolish-looking, queer
Declension
[edit]Declension of dúdach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | dúdach | dhúdach | dúdacha; dhúdacha² | |
Vocative | dhúdaigh | dúdacha | ||
Genitive | dúdaí | dúdacha | dúdach | |
Dative | dúdach; dhúdach¹ |
dhúdach; dhúdaigh (archaic) |
dúdacha; dhúdacha² | |
Comparative | níos dúdaí | |||
Superlative | is dúdaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dúdach | dhúdach | ndúdach |
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) “dúdach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dúdach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm