dúbailte
See also: dùbailte
Irish
editAlternative forms
editAdjective
editdúbailte
- double
- doubled, folded
- (linguistics) geminated
- twofold
- double-breasted
- deceitful, cunning, two-faced
Declension
editDeclension of dúbailte
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | dúbailte | dhúbailte | dúbailte; dhúbailte² | |
| Vocative | dhúbailte | dúbailte | ||
| Genitive | dúbailte | dúbailte | dúbailte | |
| Dative | dúbailte; dhúbailte¹ |
dhúbailte | dúbailte; dhúbailte² | |
| Comparative | níos dúbailte | |||
| Superlative | is dúbailte | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
edit- adhaint dhúbailte (“double ignition”)
- am dúbailte
- amharc dúbailte
- baint bairr dúbailte
- bógaí dúbailte
- botún dúbailte
- caighdeán dúbailte
- carrbhealach dúbailte
- claí dúbailte (“double bank”)
- cliceáil dhúbailte
- cluiche dúbailte
- contúirt dhúbailte
- cor scóide dúbailte
- crúca cairbíneach dúbailte
- crúca dúbailte
- cur i gcéill dúbailte
- druibleáil dhúbailte
- eagrán dúbailte
- feag dhúbailte
- géar dúbailte
- glas dúbailte (“double-lock”)
- gloiniú dúbailte
- iarnród dúbailte
- iolar dúbailte
- lán-nóta dúbailte
- líne bhuí dhúbailte
- línte dúbailte (“double lines”)
- lionsa dúbailte (“doublet lens”)
- maol dúbailte
- nasc dúbailte
- páirceáil dhúbailte
- réalta dhúbailte
- sáinn dhúbailte
- slánaíocht dhúbailte
- spás dúbailte (“double spacing”)
- spásáil dhúbailte
- trasnasc dúbailte
- uachtar dúbailte
Noun
editdúbailte f
Verb
editdúbailte
- past participle of dúbail
Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dúbailte | dhúbailte | ndúbailte |
| 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) “dúbailte”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dúbailte”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “dúbailte”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024