doilbhir
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
doilbhir (genitive singular masculine doilbhir, genitive singular feminine doilbhre, plural doilbhre, comparative doilbhre)
Declension[edit]
Declension of doilbhir
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | doilbhir | dhoilbhir | doilbhre; dhoilbhre² | |
Vocative | dhoilbhir | doilbhre | ||
Genitive | doilbhre | doilbhre | doilbhir | |
Dative | doilbhir; dhoilbhir¹ |
dhoilbhir | doilbhre; dhoilbhre² | |
Comparative | níos doilbhre | |||
Superlative | is doilbhre |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
doilbhir | dhoilbhir | ndoilbhir |
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) “doilbhir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “doilbhir” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “doilbhir” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.