dufair

Irish

Etymology

From 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

dufair f (genitive singular dufaire, nominative plural dufairí)

jungle

Declension

Declension of dufair

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dufair	dufairí
Vocative	a dhufair	a dhufairí
Genitive	dufaire	dufairí
Dative	dufair	dufairí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an dufair	na dufairí
Genitive	na dufaire	na ndufairí
Dative	leis an dufair don dufair	leis na dufairí

Derived terms

ceol dufaire (“jungle music”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dufair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN