dúchan
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dubh (“black”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dúchan f (genitive singular dúchana)
- darkening, blackening
- blight (on potatoes); smut, black rust (on grain)
- inkwell
Declension
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Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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dúchan | dhúchan | ndúchan |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 72
Further reading
[edit]- “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