dúghorm
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish dubgorm.[2] By surface analysis, dú- (“black”) + gorm (“blue”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠʊvˠˌɣʌɾˠəmˠ/[3] (corresponding to the spelling dubh-ghorm)
Adjective
[edit]dúghorm (genitive singular masculine dúghoirm, genitive singular feminine dúghoirme, plural dúghorma, comparative dúghoirme)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | dúghorm | dhúghorm | dúghorma; dhúghorma2 | |
| vocative | dhúghoirm | dúghorma | ||
| genitive | dúghoirme | dúghorma | dúghorm | |
| dative | dúghorm; dhúghorm1 |
dhúghorm; dhúghoirm (archaic) |
dúghorma; dhúghorma2 | |
| Comparative | níos dúghoirme | |||
| Superlative | is dúghoirme | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| dúghorm | dhúghorm | ndúghorm |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “duḃ-ġorm”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 267
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dub”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 242, page 122
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúghorm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN