dubha

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dubae.

Noun

dubha f (genitive singular dubha)

  1. grief, gloom
    Antonym: subha
Declension
Declension of dubha (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative dubha
vocative a dhubha
genitive dubha
dative dubha
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an dubha
genitive na dubha
dative leis an dubha
don dubha
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

dubha

  1. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural of dubh

Mutation

Mutated forms of dubha
radical lenition eclipsis
dubha dhubha ndubha

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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