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doghrainneach

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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doghrainn +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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doghrainneach (genitive singular masculine doghrainnigh, genitive singular feminine doghrainní, plural doghrainneacha, comparative doghrainní)

  1. distressful, hard to bear, difficult

Declension

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Declension of doghrainneach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative doghrainneach dhoghrainneach doghrainneacha;
dhoghrainneacha²
Vocative dhoghrainnigh doghrainneacha
Genitive doghrainní doghrainneacha doghrainneach
Dative doghrainneach;
dhoghrainneach¹ 		dhoghrainneach;
dhoghrainnigh (archaic) 		doghrainneacha;
dhoghrainneacha²
Comparative níos doghrainní
Superlative is doghrainní

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

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
doghrainneach dhoghrainneach ndoghrainneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 15

Further reading

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