dúspéis

Irish

Etymology

From dú- (intensive prefix) +‎ spéis (“interest”)

Noun

dúspéis f (genitive singular dúspéise, nominative plural dúspéiseanna)

  1. fascination (intense interest)
    Bhí dúspéis aige i lámhscríbhinní Gaeilge. ― I had a fascination for Irish-language manuscripts.

Declension

Declension of dúspéis (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative dúspéis dúspéiseanna
vocative a dhúspéis a dhúspéiseanna
genitive dúspéise dúspéiseanna
dative dúspéis dúspéiseanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an dúspéis na dúspéiseanna
genitive na dúspéise na ndúspéiseanna
dative leis an dúspéis
don dúspéis 		leis na dúspéiseanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of dúspéis
radical lenition eclipsis
dúspéis dhúspéis ndúspéis

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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