duairc
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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Adjective edit
duairc (genitive singular masculine duairc, genitive singular feminine duairce, plural duairce, comparative duairce)
Declension edit
Declension of duairc
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | duairc | dhuairc | duairce; dhuairce² | |
| Vocative | dhuairc | duairce | ||
| Genitive | duairce | duairce | duairc | |
| Dative | duairc; dhuairc¹ |
dhuairc | duairce; dhuairce² | |
| Comparative | níos duairce | |||
| Superlative | is duairce | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| duairc | dhuairc | nduairc |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duairc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “duairc” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “duairc” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.