doilbhir

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

doilbhir (genitive singular masculine doilbhir, genitive singular feminine doilbhre, plural doilbhre, comparative doilbhre)

1. dark, gloomy, joyless

   Synonyms: duairc, dubhach, gruama, néalmhar

2. slow of speech

Declension

Declension of doilbhir

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	doilbhir	dhoilbhir	doilbhre; dhoilbhre2
vocative	dhoilbhir		doilbhre
genitive		doilbhre	doilbhre	doilbhir
dative	doilbhir; dhoilbhir1	dhoilbhir	doilbhre; dhoilbhre2
Comparative	níos doilbhre
Superlative	is doilbhre

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 doilbhir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
doilbhir	dhoilbhir	ndoilbhir

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) “doilbhir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “doilbhir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “doilbhir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024