duibhe
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish duibe (“darkness, blackness, dark colour”).
Noun
duibhe f (genitive singular duibhe)
- blackness, swarthiness; darkness, gloom; melancholy, oppression (of spirit); malevolence
Declension
Declension of duibhe
Fourth declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Alternative forms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms
- (comd): dubhcha, dúcha
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duibhe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “duibe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “duibhe” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “duibhe” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39
References
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 15
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