dúliath

Irish

Etymology

From dú- +‎ liath.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: dú‧liath

Adjective

dúliath (genitive singular masculine dúléith, genitive singular feminine dúléithe, plural dúliatha, comparative dúléithe)

1. dark grey

Declension

Declension of dúliath

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	dúliath	dhúliath	dúliatha; dhúliatha2
vocative	dhúléith		dúliatha
genitive		dúléithe	dúliatha	dúliath
dative	dúliath; dhúliath1	dhúliath; dhúléith (archaic)	dúliatha; dhúliatha2
Comparative	níos dúléithe
Superlative	is dúléithe

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of dúliath

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dúliath	dhúliath	ndúliath

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) “dúliath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “dúliath”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025