dúghorm

Irish

Etymology

From dubh (“black”) +‎ gorm (“blue”).

Adjective

dúghorm (genitive singular masculine dúghoirm, genitive singular feminine dúghoirme, plural dúghorma, comparative dúghoirme)

  1. dark blue, navy blue

Declension
Declension of dúghorm
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative dúghorm dhúghorm dúghorma;
dhúghorma²
Vocative dhúghoirm dúghorma
Genitive dúghoirme dúghorma dúghorm
Dative dúghorm;
dhúghorm¹		 dhúghorm;
dhúghoirm (archaic)		 dúghorma;
dhúghorma²
Comparative níos dúghoirme
Superlative is dúghoirme

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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