dúghafach
Irish
Adjective
dúghafach (genitive singular masculine dúghafaigh, genitive singular feminine dúghafaí, plural dúghafacha, comparative dúghafaí)
Declension
Declension of dúghafach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | dúghafach | dhúghafach | dúghafacha; dhúghafacha² | |
| Vocative | dhúghafaigh | dúghafacha | ||
| Genitive | dúghafaí | dúghafacha | dúghafach | |
| Dative | dúghafach; dhúghafach¹ |
dhúghafach; dhúghafaigh (archaic) |
dúghafacha; dhúghafacha² | |
| Comparative | níos dúghafaí | |||
| Superlative | is dúghafaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- éigníoch dúghafach (“obsessive-compulsive”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dúghafach | dhúghafach | ndúghafach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “obsessive”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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