dubha

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dubae.

Noun

dubha f (genitive singular dubha)

1. grief, gloom

   Antonym: subha

Declension

Declension of dubha (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative dubha vocative a dhubha genitive dubha dative dubha forms with the definite article case singular nominative an dubha genitive na dubha dative leis an dubha don dubha

Derived terms

• dubhach
• dubhachas

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

dubha

1. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural of dubh

Mutation

Mutated forms of dubha

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dubha	dhubha	ndubha

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “duḃa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society