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Irish
Etymology
From dú- + slán.
Pronunciation
Noun
dúshlán m (genitive singular dúshláin, nominative plural dúshláin)
- challenge (that which encourages someone to do something they otherwise would not), dare
- dúshlán a fhreagairt ― to respond to/take up a challenge
- dúshlán a thabhairt ― to challenge, dare, brave, call out
- defiance
- mo dhúshlán fút ― I defy you
- dúshlán Dé a thabhairt ― to fly in the face of God, to tempt providence
- bravado
- Synonyms: gaisce, gaisciúlacht
- as dúshlán ― through bravado
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| dúshlán
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dhúshlán
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ndúshlán
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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
- “dúshlán”, 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) “duḃṡlán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 267
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúshlán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 79