duthain
Irish
[edit]Etymology
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Adjective
[edit]duthain (genitive singular masculine duthain, genitive singular feminine duthaine, plural duthaine, comparative duthaine)
Declension
[edit]Declension of duthain
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | duthain | dhuthain | duthaine; dhuthaine² | |
Vocative | dhuthain | duthaine | ||
Genitive | duthaine | duthaine | duthain | |
Dative | duthain; dhuthain¹ |
dhuthain | duthaine; dhuthaine² | |
Comparative | níos duthaine | |||
Superlative | is duthaine |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- duthaine f (“transience”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
duthain | dhuthain | nduthain |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duthain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN