dúchan

See also: duchan and dư chấn

Irish

Alternative forms

• dúchaint
• dubhachaint, dubhachan, duibheachan, duibheachán, duibhthean (obsolete)

Etymology

From dubh (“black”).

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠuəxən/ (corresponding to the form dubhachan)

Noun

dúchan f (genitive singular dúchana)

1. darkening, blackening
2. blight (on potatoes); smut, black rust (on grain)
3. inkwell

Declension

Declension of dúchan

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative dúchan Vocative a dhúchan Genitive dúchana Dative dúchan

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an dúchan Genitive na dúchana Dative leis an dúchan don dúchan

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dúchan	dhúchan	ndúchan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “dúchan”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “duḃaċán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 266
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “duiḃeaċan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 268
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúchan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN