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dúch

dúch

See also: duch and Duch

Irish

Alternative forms

dubhach (obsolete)

Noun

dúch m ‎(genitive singular dúigh, nominative plural dúigh)

black ink; ink
Proverb: Níor eitigh páipéar bán dúch riamh.‎ ― Youth is impressionable. (literally “Blank paper never rejected ink.”)
black colouring substance found in bog

Declension

Declension of dúch

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dúch	dúigh
Vocative	a dhúigh	a dhúcha
Genitive	dúigh	dúch
Dative	dúch	dúigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an dúch	na dúigh
Genitive	an dúigh	na ndúch
Dative	leis an dúch don dúch	leis na dúigh

Derived terms

Terms derived from dúch

dúchaire ‎(“stamping-pad”)
dúchán ‎(“inkholder, ink-well”)
dúch clódóireachta ‎(“printing ink”)

dúch cóipeála ‎(“copying ink”)
dúch cudail ‎(“sepia”)
dúch Indiach ‎(“Indian ink”)

ribín dúigh ‎(“inking ribbon”)
rollán dúigh ‎(“inking roller”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dúch	dhúch	ndúch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"dúch" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.