dubhach

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dubach. By surface analysis, dubha +‎ -ach.

Adjective

dubhach (genitive singular masculine dubhaigh, genitive singular feminine dubhaí, plural dubhacha, comparative dubhaí)

  1. sad, mournful, gloomy, melancholy
Declension
Declension of dubhach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative dubhach dhubhach dubhacha;
dhubhacha²
Vocative dhubhaigh dubhacha
Genitive dubhaí dubhacha dubhach
Dative dubhach;
dhubhach¹ 		dhubhach;
dhubhaigh (archaic) 		dubhacha;
dhubhacha²
Comparative níos dubhaí
Superlative is dubhaí

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

Antonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dubach. By surface analysis, dubh +‎ -ach.

Noun

dubhach m (genitive singular dubhaigh, nominative plural dubhaigh)

  1. Superseded spelling of dúch.
Declension
Declension of dubhach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dubhach dubhaigh
Vocative a dhubhaigh a dhubhacha
Genitive dubhaigh dubhach
Dative dubhach dubhaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an dubhach na dubhaigh
Genitive an dubhaigh na ndubhach
Dative leis an dubhach

don dubhach

leis na dubhaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dubhach dhubhach ndubhach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 75

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish dubach. By surface analysis, dubh (“black”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dubhach

  1. sad, gloomy, moody

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of dubhach
radical lenition
dubhach dhubhach

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

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