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.

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

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 72.
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