dúsholas

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dú- +‎ solas.

Pronunciation

Noun

dúsholas m (genitive singular dúsholais)

  1. faint, insufficient light
    Chuaigh ó dhúsholas.
    It became pitch dark.
    (literally, “It went from dim light (sc. to full darkness)”)

Declension

Declension of dúsholas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative dúsholas
vocative a dhúsholais
genitive dúsholais
dative dúsholas
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an dúsholas
genitive an dúsholais
dative leis an dúsholas
don dúsholas

Mutation

Mutated forms of dúsholas
radical lenition eclipsis
dúsholas dhúsholas ndúsholas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “duḃ-ṡolas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 242, page 122

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