duánach

Irish

Etymology

From duán +‎ -ach.

Adjective

duánach (genitive singular masculine duánaigh, genitive singular feminine duánaí, plural duánacha, not comparable)

1. (anatomy) renal
2. kidney-shaped

Declension

Declension of duánach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	duánach	dhuánach	duánacha; dhuánacha²
Vocative	dhuánaigh		duánacha
Genitive		duánaí	duánacha	duánach
Dative	duánach; dhuánach¹	dhuánach; dhuánaigh (archaic)	duánacha; dhuánacha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

• (renal): osduánach
• pónaire dhuánach (“kidney bean”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
duánach	dhuánach	nduánach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “duánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “duánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024