dufair

Irish

Etymology

From pre-Caighdeán Oifigiúil (Classical Irish) dubhthair, from Old Irish dubthair 'wilderness, wild spot'. Presumably an ancient Irish compound of dub "black" and some other word, possibly tír "land".

Noun

dufair f (genitive singular dufaire, nominative plural dufairí)

  1. jungle

Declension

Declension of dufair (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative dufair dufairí
vocative a dhufair a dhufairí
genitive dufaire dufairí
dative dufair dufairí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an dufair na dufairí
genitive na dufaire na ndufairí
dative leis an dufair
don dufair 		leis na dufairí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of dufair
radical lenition eclipsis
dufair dhufair ndufair

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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