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, no plural)
bare forms
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

Mutated forms of duibhe
radical lenition eclipsis
duibhe dhuibhe nduibhe

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

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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