dúspéis

Irish

Etymology

From dú- (intensive prefix) +‎ spéis (“interest”)

Noun

dúspéis f (genitive singular dúspéise, nominative plural dúspéiseanna)

1. fascination (intense interest)

   Bhí dúspéis aige i lámhscríbhinní Gaeilge. ― I had a fascination for Irish-language manuscripts.

Declension

Declension of dúspéis (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dúspéis dúspéiseanna vocative a dhúspéis a dhúspéiseanna genitive dúspéise dúspéiseanna dative dúspéis dúspéiseanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dúspéis na dúspéiseanna genitive na dúspéise na ndúspéiseanna dative leis an dúspéis don dúspéis leis na dúspéiseanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of dúspéis

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dúspéis	dhúspéis	ndúspéis

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