dúbailte

See also: dùbailte

Irish

Alternative forms

• dúbalta

Adjective

dúbailte

1. double
2. doubled, folded
3. (linguistics) geminated
4. twofold
5. double-breasted
6. deceitful, cunning, two-faced

Declension

Declension of dúbailte

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	dúbailte	dhúbailte	dúbailte; dhúbailte²
Vocative	dhúbailte		dúbailte
Genitive		dúbailte	dúbailte	dúbailte
Dative	dúbailte; dhúbailte¹	dhúbailte	dúbailte; dhúbailte²
Comparative	níos dúbailte
Superlative	is dúbailte

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

• adhaint dhúbailte (“double ignition”)
• am dúbailte
• amharc dúbailte
• baint bairr dúbailte
• bógaí dúbailte
• botún dúbailte
• caighdeán dúbailte
• carrbhealach dúbailte
• claí dúbailte (“double bank”)
• cliceáil dhúbailte
• cluiche dúbailte
• contúirt dhúbailte
• cor scóide dúbailte
• crúca cairbíneach dúbailte
• crúca dúbailte
• cur i gcéill dúbailte
• druibleáil dhúbailte
• eagrán dúbailte
• feag dhúbailte
• géar dúbailte
• glas dúbailte (“double-lock”)
• gloiniú dúbailte
• iarnród dúbailte
• iolar dúbailte
• lán-nóta dúbailte
• líne bhuí dhúbailte
• línte dúbailte (“double lines”)
• lionsa dúbailte (“doublet lens”)
• maol dúbailte
• nasc dúbailte
• páirceáil dhúbailte
• réalta dhúbailte
• sáinn dhúbailte
• slánaíocht dhúbailte
• spás dúbailte (“double spacing”)
• spásáil dhúbailte
• trasnasc dúbailte
• uachtar dúbailte

 

Noun

dúbailte f

1. genitive singular of dúbailt

Verb

dúbailte

1. past participle of dúbail

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dúbailte	dhúbailte	ndúbailte
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúbailte”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “dúbailte” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “dúbailte” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.