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duairc (genitive singular masculine duairc, genitive singular feminine duairce, plural duairce, comparative duairce)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | duairc | dhuairc | duairce; dhuairce² | |
Vocative | dhuairc | duairce | ||
Genitive | duairce | duairce | duairc | |
Dative | duairc; dhuairc¹ |
dhuairc | duairce; dhuairce² | |
Comparative | níos duairce | |||
Superlative | is duairce |
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 |
duairc | dhuairc | nduairc |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |