dúchosach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dubh (“black”) + cos (“leg”) + -ach
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dúchosach (genitive singular masculine dúchosaigh, genitive singular feminine dúchosaí, plural dúchosacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of dúchosach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | dúchosach | dhúchosach | dúchosacha; dhúchosacha² | |
| Vocative | dhúchosaigh | dúchosacha | ||
| Genitive | dúchosaí | dúchosacha | dúchosach | |
| Dative | dúchosach; dhúchosach¹ |
dhúchosach; dhúchosaigh (archaic) |
dúchosacha; dhúchosacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
[edit]dúchosach m (genitive singular dúchosaigh, nominative plural dúchosaigh)
Declension
[edit]Declension of dúchosach
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dúchosach | dhúchosach | ndúchosach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 67
Further reading
[edit]- “dúchosach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dub”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “duḃ-ċosaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 267
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúchosach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN