dú-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "du"

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠuː/

Prefix

dú-

1. Combining form of dubh (“black, dark”)
2. great, intense
3. excessive

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with dú-

Mutation

Mutated forms of dú-

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dú-	dhú-	ndú-

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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