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Irish
Etymology
From dúid (“stump, stumpy object, protuberant part; short-stemmed (clay) pipe; (craned) neck, throat; numbskull”) + -aire (agent suffix).
Noun
dúdaire m (genitive singular dúdaire, nominative plural dúdairí)
- long-necked person
- eavesdropper
- hummer, crooner
- dolt
Declension
Derived terms
- dúdaireacht f (“(act of) neck-craning, eavesdropping; (act of) gulping, swallowing, puffing (on pipe); (act of) humming, crooning, (of kettle) singing, whistling”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| dúdaire
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dhúdaire
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ndúdaire
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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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