duibhe

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠiː/, [ˈd̪ˠɪː]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɪvʲə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɨ̞vʲə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish duibe (“darkness, blackness, dark colour”).

Noun

duibhe f (genitive singular duibhe)

1. blackness, swarthiness; darkness, gloom; melancholy, oppression (of spirit); malevolence

Declension

Declension of duibhe

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative duibhe Vocative a dhuibhe Genitive duibhe Dative duibhe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an duibhe Genitive na duibhe Dative leis an duibhe don duibhe

Alternative forms

• duibhche

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

duibhe

1. inflection of dubh:
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Alternative forms

• (comd): dubhcha, dúcha

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

duibhe f sg

1. genitive singular of dubh (“black cow”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
duibhe	dhuibhe	nduibhe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duibhe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “duibe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “duibhe”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “duibhe”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39