dúchosach
Irish
Alternative forms
- dubhchosach, dubh-chosach (obsolete)
Etymology
From dubh (“black”) + cos (“leg”) + -ach
Pronunciation
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔxəsˠəx/[1] (as if spelled dochasach)
Adjective
dúchosach (genitive singular masculine dúchosaigh, genitive singular feminine dúchosaí, plural dúchosacha, not comparable)
- black-footed
Declension
Declension of dúchosach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | dúchosach | dhúchosach | dúchosacha; dhúchosacha² | |
| Vocative | dhúchosaigh | dúchosacha | ||
| Genitive | dúchosaí | dúchosacha | dúchosach | |
| Dative | dúchosach; dhúchosach¹ | dhúchosach; dhúchosaigh (archaic) | dúchosacha; dhúchosacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
dúchosach m (genitive singular dúchosaigh, nominative plural dúchosaigh)
- maidenhair (Adiantum capillus-veneris)
Declension
Declension of dúchosach
First declension
Bare forms:
| Forms with the definite article:
|
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dúchosach | dhúchosach | ndúchosach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 67.
Further reading
- “dúchosach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dub”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “duḃ-ċosaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 267
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “dúchosach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN