duibhe
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish duibe (“darkness, blackness, dark colour”).
Noun
duibhe f (genitive singular duibhe)
- blackness, swarthiness; darkness, gloom; melancholy, oppression (of spirit); malevolence
Declension
Declension of duibhe
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Alternative forms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
duibhe
- inflection of dubh:
Alternative forms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
duibhe f sg
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
duibhe | dhuibhe | nduibhe |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duibhe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “duibe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “duibhe”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “duibhe”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024