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Irish
Adjective
dúbailte
- double
- doubled, folded
- (linguistics) geminated
- twofold
- double-breasted
- deceitful, cunning, two-faced
Declension
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Singular
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Plural (m/f)
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Positive
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Masculine
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Feminine
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(strong noun)
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(weak noun)
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Nominative
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dúbailte
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dhúbailte
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dúbailte; dhúbailte²
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Vocative
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dhúbailte
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dúbailte
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Genitive
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dúbailte
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dúbailte
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dúbailte
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Dative
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dúbailte; dhúbailte¹
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dhúbailte
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dúbailte; dhúbailte²
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Comparative
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níos dúbailte
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Superlative
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is dúbailte
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¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
Noun
dúbailte f
- genitive singular of dúbailt
Verb
dúbailte
- past participle of dúbail
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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dúbailte
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dhúbailte
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ndúbailte
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúbailte”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dúbailte”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “dúbailte”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024