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duthain
duthain
Irish
Adjective
duthain (genitive singular masculine duthain, genitive singular feminine duthaine, plural duthaine, comparative duthaine)
Declension
Declension of duthain
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | duthain | duthain¹ | duthaine³ | |
| Vocative | duthain¹ | duthain¹ | duthaine | |
| Genitive | duthain¹ | duthaine | duthaine | duthain |
| Dative | duthain² | duthain¹ | duthaine³ | |
| Comparative | duthaine | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
Related terms
- duthaine f (“transience”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| duthain | dhuthain | nduthain |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "duthain" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.