dúdaire
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom dúid (“stump, stumpy object, protuberant part; short-stemmed (clay) pipe; (craned) neck, throat; numbskull”) + -aire (agent suffix).
Noun
editdúdaire m (genitive singular dúdaire, nominative plural dúdairí)
Declension
editDeclension of dúdaire
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
edit- dúdaireacht f (“(act of) neck-craning, eavesdropping; (act of) gulping, swallowing, puffing (on pipe); (act of) humming, crooning, (of kettle) singing, whistling”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dúdaire | dhúdaire | ndúdaire |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúdaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN