duthain

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Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

duthain (genitive singular masculine duthain, genitive singular feminine duthaine, plural duthaine, comparative duthaine)

  1. short-lived, transient

Declension

Declension of duthain
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative duthain dhuthain duthaine;
dhuthaine2
vocative dhuthain duthaine
genitive duthaine duthaine duthain
dative duthain;
dhuthain1 		dhuthain duthaine;
dhuthaine2
Comparative níos duthaine
Superlative is duthaine

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

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of duthain
radical lenition eclipsis
duthain dhuthain nduthain

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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