duibhéan

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish dubén (“crow, raven”),[1] from dub (“black”) + én (“bird”). By surface analysis, dubh (“black”) +‎ éan (“bird”).

Pronunciation

Noun

duibhéan m (genitive singular duibhéin, nominative plural duibhéin)

  1. (Ulster) cormorant
    Synonyms: broigheall, cailleach dhubh, fiach mara

Declension

Declension of duibhéan (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative duibhéan duibhéin
vocative a dhuibhéin a dhuibhéana
genitive duibhéin duibhéan
dative duibhéan duibhéin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an duibhéan na duibhéin
genitive an duibhéin na nduibhéan
dative leis an duibhéan
don duibhéan 		leis na duibhéin

Mutation

Mutated forms of duibhéan
radical lenition eclipsis
duibhéan dhuibhéan nduibhéan

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dub”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 12, page 8

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