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/[1] (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, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative dúchan
vocative a dhúchan
genitive dúchana
dative dúchan
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an dúchan
genitive na dúchana
dative leis an dúchan
don dúchan

Mutation

Mutated forms of dúchan
radical lenition eclipsis
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

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 72

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
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