dúchan

See also: duchan and dư chấn

Irish

Alternative forms

• dúchaint
• dubhachaint, dubhachan, duibheachan, duibheachán, duibhthean (obsolete)

Etymology

From dubh (“black”).

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠuəxən/ (corresponding to the form dubhachan)

Noun

dúchan f (genitive singular dúchana)

1. darkening, blackening
2. blight (on potatoes); smut, black rust (on grain)
3. inkwell

Declension

Declension of dúchan (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative dúchan vocative a dhúchan genitive dúchana dative dúchan forms with the definite article case singular nominative an dúchan genitive na dúchana dative leis an dúchan don dúchan

Mutation

Mutated forms of dúchan

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dúchan	dhúchan	ndúchan

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

Further reading

• “dúchan”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “duḃaċán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 266
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “duiḃeaċan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 268
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúchan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN