duibhe

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish duibe (“darkness, blackness, dark colour”).

Noun

duibhe f (genitive singular duibhe)

  1. 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

Adjective

duibhe

  1. genitive singular feminine of dubh
  2. comparative degree of dubh
Alternative forms

Noun

duibhe f sg

  1. 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.
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