duánach

Irish

Etymology

From duán +‎ -ach.

Adjective

duánach (genitive singular masculine duánaigh, genitive singular feminine duánaí, plural duánacha, not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) renal
  2. kidney-shaped

Declension

Declension of duánach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative duánach dhuánach duánacha;
dhuánacha2
vocative dhuánaigh duánacha
genitive duánaí duánacha duánach
dative duánach;
dhuánach1 		dhuánach;
dhuánaigh (archaic) 		duánacha;
dhuánacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

  • (renal): osduánach
  • pónaire dhuánach (“kidney bean”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of duánach
radical lenition eclipsis
duánach dhuánach nduánach

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

Further reading

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