duibhe

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish duibe (“darkness, blackness, dark colour”).

Noun

duibhe f (genitive singular duibhe)

  1. blackness, swarthiness; darkness, gloom; melancholy, oppression (of spirit); malevolence
Declension
Declension of duibhe

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative duibhe
Vocative a dhuibhe
Genitive duibhe
Dative duibhe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an duibhe
Genitive na duibhe
Dative leis an duibhe

don duibhe

Alternative forms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

duibhe

  1. inflection of dubh:
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. comparative degree
Alternative forms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

duibhe f sg

  1. genitive singular of dubh (“black cow”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
duibhe dhuibhe nduibhe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 15
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