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duibhe

duibhe

Irish

Noun

duibhe f ‎(genitive singular duibhe)

blackness, swarthiness; darkness, gloom; melancholy, oppression (of spirit); malevolence

Declension

Declension of duibhe

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	duibhe
Vocative	a dhuibhe
Genitive	duibhe
Dative	duibhe

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an duibhe
Genitive	na duibhe
Dative	leis an duibhe don duibhe

Alternative forms

duibhche f

Etymology 2

Adjective

duibhe

genitive singular feminine of dubh
comparative degree of dubh

Alternative forms

(comparative): dúcha

Etymology 3

Noun

duibhe f sg

genitive singular of dubh ‎(“black cow”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
duibhe	dhuibhe	nduibhe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"duibhe" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“duibe” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.