dúliath

Irish

Etymology

From dú- +‎ liath.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: dú‧liath

Adjective

dúliath (genitive singular masculine dúléith, genitive singular feminine dúléithe, plural dúliatha, comparative dúléithe)

  1. dark grey

Declension

Declension of dúliath
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative dúliath dhúliath dúliatha;
dhúliatha2
vocative dhúléith dúliatha
genitive dúléithe dúliatha dúliath
dative dúliath;
dhúliath1 		dhúliath;
dhúléith (archaic) 		dúliatha;
dhúliatha2
Comparative níos dúléithe
Superlative is dúléithe

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of dúliath
radical lenition eclipsis
dúliath dhúliath ndúliath

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúliath”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “dúliath”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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