dualgas

Irish

Alternative forms

  • dualgus (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish dúalgas, dúalcus, alteration of dúalus, from dúal (“native”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠuəl̪ˠɡəsˠ/, /ˈd̪ˠuəlˠɡəsˠ/[3][4]

Noun

dualgas m (genitive singular dualgais, nominative plural dualgais)

  1. duty, obligation, onus
    Synonym: oibleagáid
  2. a natural or traditional right
  3. just reward

Declension

Declension of dualgas (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative dualgas dualgais
vocative a dhualgais a dhualgasa
genitive dualgais dualgas
dative dualgas dualgais
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an dualgas na dualgais
genitive an dualgais na ndualgas
dative leis an dualgas
don dualgas 		leis na dualgais

Derived terms

  • ar dualgas (“on duty”)
  • as dualgas (“in right of”)
  • glao-dhualgas (“on-call duty”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dualgas
radical lenition eclipsis
dualgas dhualgas ndualgas

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

References

  1. ^ “dualgas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dúalgas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 78, page 42
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 73

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