dúdach

See also: dudach, dudách, and dùdach

Irish

Etymology

From dúid +‎ -ach.

Adjective

dúdach (genitive singular masculine dúdaigh, genitive singular feminine dúdaí, plural dúdacha, comparative dúdaí)

1. stumpy
2. long-necked

   Synonyms: fadmhuineálach, muineálach, scrogallach

   Antonym: gearrmhuineálach

3. mopish, shy, foolish-looking, queer

Declension

Declension of dúdach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	dúdach	dhúdach	dúdacha; dhúdacha2
vocative	dhúdaigh		dúdacha
genitive		dúdaí	dúdacha	dúdach
dative	dúdach; dhúdach1	dhúdach; dhúdaigh (archaic)	dúdacha; dhúdacha2
Comparative	níos dúdaí
Superlative	is dúdaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• dúdaire

Mutation

Mutated forms of dúdach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dúdach	dhúdach	ndúdach

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) “dúdach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dúdach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm