doilbhir

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Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

doilbhir (genitive singular masculine doilbhir, genitive singular feminine doilbhre, plural doilbhre, comparative doilbhre)

  1. dark, gloomy, joyless
    Synonyms: duairc, dubhach, gruama, néalmhar
  2. slow of speech

Declension

Declension of doilbhir
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative doilbhir dhoilbhir doilbhre;
dhoilbhre2
vocative dhoilbhir doilbhre
genitive doilbhre doilbhre doilbhir
dative doilbhir;
dhoilbhir1 		dhoilbhir doilbhre;
dhoilbhre2
Comparative níos doilbhre
Superlative is doilbhre

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of doilbhir
radical lenition eclipsis
doilbhir dhoilbhir ndoilbhir

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

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