dúiseacht
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish dúsacht, dúisecht.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dúiseacht f (genitive singular dúiseachta)
- verbal noun of dúisigh
- state of being awake, aroused
- Tá mé i mo dhúiseacht.
- I am awake.
- Bhain sí dúiseacht as.
- She woke him up.
- An dtig leat an leanbh a dhúiseacht?
- Can you waken the child?
- Phreab mé i mo dhúiseacht.
- I awakened with a bound.
- Chuir Aindrias a iníon ina dúiseacht.
- Aindrias wakened his daughter.
Declension
[edit]Declension of dúiseacht
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dúiseacht | dhúiseacht | ndúiseacht |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dúiseaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 269