dufair

Irish

Etymology

From pre-Caighdeán Oifigiúil (Classical Irish) dubhthair, from Old Irish dubthair 'wilderness, wild spot'. Presumably an ancient Irish compound of dub "black" and some other word, possibly tír "land".

Noun

dufair f (genitive singular dufaire, nominative plural dufairí)

1. jungle

Declension

Declension of dufair

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative dufair dufairí Vocative a dhufair a dhufairí Genitive dufaire dufairí Dative dufair dufairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an dufair na dufairí Genitive na dufaire na ndufairí Dative leis an dufair don dufair leis na dufairí

Derived terms

• ceol dufaire (“jungle music”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dufair	dhufair	ndufair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Further reading

• Entries containing “dufair” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “dufair” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.