duánach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]duánach (genitive singular masculine duánaigh, genitive singular feminine duánaí, plural duánacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of duánach
| 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]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| duánach | dhuánach | nduánach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
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, 2013-2024