dúghafach

Irish

Etymology

From dúghafa (from dú- +‎ gafa) + -ach.

Adjective

dúghafach (genitive singular masculine dúghafaigh, genitive singular feminine dúghafaí, plural dúghafacha, comparative dúghafaí)

1. obsessive

Declension

Declension of dúghafach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	dúghafach	dhúghafach	dúghafacha; dhúghafacha²
Vocative	dhúghafaigh		dúghafacha
Genitive		dúghafaí	dúghafacha	dúghafach
Dative	dúghafach; dhúghafach¹	dhúghafach; dhúghafaigh (archaic)	dúghafacha; dhúghafacha²
Comparative	níos dúghafaí
Superlative	is dúghafaí

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

• éigníoch dúghafach (“obsessive-compulsive”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dúghafach	dhúghafach	ndúghafach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• “obsessive”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024