duánach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]duánach (genitive singular masculine duánaigh, genitive singular feminine duánaí, plural duánacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | duánach | dhuánach | duánacha; dhuánacha2 | |
| vocative | dhuánaigh | duánacha | ||
| genitive | duánaí | duánacha | duánach | |
| dative | duánach; dhuánach1 |
dhuánach; dhuánaigh (archaic) |
duánacha; dhuánacha2 | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- (renal): osduánach
- pónaire dhuánach (“kidney bean”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| duánach | dhuánach | nduánach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “duánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “duánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025