duthain

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

duthain (genitive singular masculine duthain, genitive singular feminine duthaine, plural duthaine, comparative duthaine)

1. short-lived, transient

Declension

Declension of duthain

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	duthain	dhuthain	duthaine; dhuthaine2
vocative	dhuthain		duthaine
genitive		duthaine	duthaine	duthain
dative	duthain; dhuthain1	dhuthain	duthaine; dhuthaine2
Comparative	níos duthaine
Superlative	is duthaine

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• díomuan

Related terms

• duthaine f (“transience”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of duthain

radical	lenition	eclipsis
duthain	dhuthain	nduthain

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “duthain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN