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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dúsholas dhúsholas ndúsholas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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 (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 242, page 122

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