dúghorm

Irish

Alternative forms

dubh-ghorm (superseded)^[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish dubgorm.^[2] By surface analysis, dú- (“black”) +‎ gorm (“blue”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠʊvˠˌɣʌɾˠəmˠ/^[3] (corresponding to the spelling dubh-ghorm)

Adjective

dúghorm (genitive singular masculine dúghoirm, genitive singular feminine dúghoirme, plural dúghorma, comparative dúghoirme)

dark blue, navy blue

Declension

Declension of dúghorm

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	dúghorm	dhúghorm	dúghorma; dhúghorma²
Vocative	dhúghoirm	dhúghorm	dúghorma
Genitive	dhúghoirm	dúghoirme	dúghorma	dúghorm
Dative	dúghorm; dhúghorm¹	dhúghorm; dhúghoirm (archaic)	dúghorma; dhúghorma²
Comparative	níos dúghoirme
Superlative	is dúghoirme

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dúghorm	dhúghorm	ndúghorm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “duḃ-ġorm”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 267
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dub”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 242, page 122