dufair
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom pre-Caighdeán Oifigiúil (Classical Irish) dubhthair, from Old Irish dubthair 'wilderness, wild spot'. Presumably an ancient Irish compound of dub "black" and some other word, possibly tír "land".
Noun
editdufair f (genitive singular dufaire, nominative plural dufairí)
Declension
editDeclension of dufair
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
edit- ceol dufaire (“jungle music”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dufair | dhufair | ndufair |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dufair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Further reading
edit- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dufair”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “dufair”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024