dícear

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English duiker, from Afrikaans, from Dutch duiker (“diver”).

Noun

dícear m (genitive singular dícir, nominative plural dícir)

duiker

Declension

Declension of dícear

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dícear	dícir
Vocative	a dhícir	a dhíceara
Genitive	dícir	dícear
Dative	dícear	dícir

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an dícear	na dícir
Genitive	an dícir	na ndícear
Dative	leis an dícear don dícear	leis na dícir

Derived terms

dícear bandach (“banded duiker, zebra duiker”)
dícear cuain (“bay duiker”)
dícear droimbhuí (“yellow-backed duiker”)
dícear gorm (“blue duiker”)
dícear Jentink (“Jentink's duiker”)
dícear Ogilby (“Ogilby's duiker”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dícear	dhícear	ndícear
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"dícear" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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