dufair

Irish

Etymology

From pre-Caighdeán Oifigiúil (Classical Irish) dubhthair, from Old Irish dubthair 'wilderness, wild spot'. Presumably an ancient Irish compound of dub "black" and some other word, possibly tír "land".

Noun

dufair f (genitive singular dufaire, nominative plural dufairí)

  1. jungle

Declension
Declension of dufair

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dufair dufairí
Vocative a dhufair a dhufairí
Genitive dufaire dufairí
Dative dufair dufairí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an dufair na dufairí
Genitive na dufaire na ndufairí
Dative leis an dufair

don dufair

 leis na dufairí

Derived terms

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

References

Further reading
  • Entries containing “dufair” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “dufair” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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