dúchan

See also: duchan and dư chấn

Irish

Alternative forms
  • dúchaint
  • dubhachaint, dubhachan, duibheachan, duibheachán, duibhthean (obsolete)

Etymology

From dubh (“black”).

Pronunciation
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠuəxən/[1] (corresponding to the form dubhachan)

Noun

dúchan f (genitive singular dúchana)

  1. darkening, blackening
  2. blight (on potatoes); smut, black rust (on grain)
  3. inkwell

Declension
Declension of dúchan

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative dúchan
Vocative a dhúchan
Genitive dúchana
Dative dúchan

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an dúchan
Genitive na dúchana
Dative leis an dúchan

don dúchan

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dúchan dhúchan ndúchan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 72

Further reading
  • “dúchan”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “duḃaċán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 266
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “duiḃeaċan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 268
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúchan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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