From dúghafa (from dú- + gafa) + -ach.
dúghafach (genitive singular masculine dúghafaigh, genitive singular feminine dúghafaí, plural dúghafacha, comparative dúghafaí)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | dúghafach | dhúghafach | dúghafacha; dhúghafacha² | |
Vocative | dhúghafaigh | dúghafacha | ||
Genitive | dúghafaí | dúghafacha | dúghafach | |
Dative | dúghafach; dhúghafach¹ |
dhúghafach; dhúghafaigh (archaic) |
dúghafacha; dhúghafacha² | |
Comparative | níos dúghafaí | |||
Superlative | is dúghafaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dúghafach | dhúghafach | ndúghafach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |