"dubh" meaning in Irish

See dubh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /d̪ˠuvˠ/ [Munster], /d̪ˠu(ː)/ [Galway], /d̪ˠɞ/ [Galway], /d̪ˠuvˠ/ [Mayo], /d̪ˠufˠ/ [Mayo], /d̪ˠuh/ [Ulster], [d̪ˠʊʍ] [Ulster], /d̪ˠʊfˠ/ [Ulster, rare]
Etymology: From Old Irish dub, from Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“black”). Cognates include English deaf. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*dʰewbʰ-}}, {{der|ga|sga|dub}} Old Irish dub, {{der|ga|cel-pro|*dubus|t=black}} Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”), {{der|ga|ine-pro|*dʰewbʰ-|t=black}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“black”), {{cog|en|deaf}} English deaf Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective|genitive singular masculine|duibh|genitive singular feminine|duibhe||{{{gsf2}}}|plural|dubha||{{{pl2}}}|comparative|duibhe|or|dúcha|altform=|head=}} dubh (genitive singular masculine duibh, genitive singular feminine duibhe, plural dubha, comparative duibhe or dúcha), {{ga-adj|comp=duibhe|comp2=dúcha|gsf=duibhe|gsm=duibh|pl=~a}} dubh (genitive singular masculine duibh, genitive singular feminine duibhe, plural dubha, comparative duibhe or dúcha) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: duibh [genitive, masculine, singular], duibhe [feminine, genitive, singular], dubha [plural], duibhe [comparative], dúcha [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], dubh [error-unrecognized-form], dhubh [lenition], ndubh [eclipsis], dú- [alternative, in-compounds]
  1. black
    Sense id: en-dubh-ga-adj-wAbH46sU
  2. black-haired
    Sense id: en-dubh-ga-adj-cAYKh520 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 16 67 16
  3. (nominalized, masculine) black (color) Tags: masculine, noun-from-verb
    Sense id: en-dubh-ga-adj-Z4W5Xj69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abhac dubh (english: black dwarf), baintreach dhubh (english: black widow), béar dubh (english: black bear), Brandubh, ceanndubh (english: black-headed) [adjective], clár dubh (english: blackboard), dú- (english: black, dark), dubh an charbóin (english: carbon black), dubh carbóin (english: carbon black), dubhán, Dubhdáleithe, Dubhdarach, Dubhghall, Dubhghus, Dubhlachán, dúch (english: ink), dúchan, dúghorm (english: dark blue, navy blue) [adjective], geabhróg dhubh (english: black tern), grús píbdhubh (english: black-necked crane), leann dubh (english: stout, porter), lon dubh (english: blackbird), lúbán dubh (english: black pudding), margadh dubh (english: black market), ó dhubh go dubh (english: from dawn to dusk), píbdhubh (english: black-necked) [adjective], piobar dubh (english: black pepper), putóg dhubh (english: black pudding), scamhóg dhubh (english: black lung), scothdhubh (english: blackish) [adjective], súil dhubh (english: black eye, shiner), tae dubh (english: black tea)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
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      "english": "black dwarf",
      "translation": "black dwarf",
      "word": "abhac dubh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "black widow",
      "translation": "black widow",
      "word": "baintreach dhubh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "black bear",
      "translation": "black bear",
      "word": "béar dubh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Brandubh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "black-headed",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "black-headed",
      "word": "ceanndubh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "blackboard",
      "translation": "blackboard",
      "word": "clár dubh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "black, dark",
      "translation": "black, dark",
      "word": "dú-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "carbon black",
      "translation": "carbon black",
      "word": "dubh an charbóin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "carbon black",
      "translation": "carbon black",
      "word": "dubh carbóin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dubhán"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Dubhdáleithe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Dubhdarach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Dubhghall"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Dubhghus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Dubhlachán"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "ink",
      "translation": "ink",
      "word": "dúch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dúchan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "dark blue, navy blue",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "dark blue, navy blue",
      "word": "dúghorm"
    },
    {
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      "english": "black tern",
      "translation": "black tern",
      "word": "geabhróg dhubh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "black-necked crane",
      "translation": "black-necked crane",
      "word": "grús píbdhubh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "stout, porter",
      "translation": "stout, porter",
      "word": "leann dubh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "blackbird",
      "translation": "blackbird",
      "word": "lon dubh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "black pudding",
      "translation": "black pudding",
      "word": "lúbán dubh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "black market",
      "translation": "black market",
      "word": "margadh dubh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "from dawn to dusk",
      "translation": "from dawn to dusk",
      "word": "ó dhubh go dubh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "black-necked",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "black-necked",
      "word": "píbdhubh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "black pepper",
      "translation": "black pepper",
      "word": "piobar dubh"
    },
    {
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      "english": "black pudding",
      "translation": "black pudding",
      "word": "putóg dhubh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "black lung",
      "translation": "black lung",
      "word": "scamhóg dhubh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "blackish",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "blackish",
      "word": "scothdhubh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "black eye, shiner",
      "translation": "black eye, shiner",
      "word": "súil dhubh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "black tea",
      "translation": "black tea",
      "word": "tae dubh"
    }
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      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ghou"
    }
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      "name": "der"
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish dub, from Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“black”). Cognates include English deaf.",
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      "form": "duibh",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "duibhe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dubha",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "duibhe",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dúcha",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dubh",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dhubh",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ndubh",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "dú-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "in-compounds"
      ]
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        "16": "dúcha",
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        "3": "genitive singular masculine",
        "4": "duibh",
        "5": "genitive singular feminine",
        "6": "duibhe",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
        "9": "plural",
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  "lang": "Irish",
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  "pos": "adj",
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      "glosses": [
        "black"
      ],
      "id": "en-dubh-ga-adj-wAbH46sU",
      "links": [
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          "black"
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        {
          "_dis": "16 67 16",
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          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "black-haired"
      ],
      "id": "en-dubh-ga-adj-cAYKh520",
      "links": [
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          "black",
          "black"
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        "black (color)"
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      "id": "en-dubh-ga-adj-Z4W5Xj69",
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          "black"
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        "(nominalized, masculine) black (color)"
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        "noun-from-verb"
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      "ipa": "/d̪ˠuvˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪ˠu(ː)/",
      "tags": [
        "Galway"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪ˠɞ/",
      "tags": [
        "Galway"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/d̪ˠuvˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/d̪ˠufˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪ˠuh/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪ˠʊʍ]",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪ˠʊfˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dubh"
}
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    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰewbʰ-",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "black dwarf",
      "translation": "black dwarf",
      "word": "abhac dubh"
    },
    {
      "english": "black widow",
      "translation": "black widow",
      "word": "baintreach dhubh"
    },
    {
      "english": "black bear",
      "translation": "black bear",
      "word": "béar dubh"
    },
    {
      "word": "Brandubh"
    },
    {
      "english": "black-headed",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "black-headed",
      "word": "ceanndubh"
    },
    {
      "english": "blackboard",
      "translation": "blackboard",
      "word": "clár dubh"
    },
    {
      "english": "black, dark",
      "translation": "black, dark",
      "word": "dú-"
    },
    {
      "english": "carbon black",
      "translation": "carbon black",
      "word": "dubh an charbóin"
    },
    {
      "english": "carbon black",
      "translation": "carbon black",
      "word": "dubh carbóin"
    },
    {
      "word": "dubhán"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dubhdáleithe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dubhdarach"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dubhghall"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dubhghus"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dubhlachán"
    },
    {
      "english": "ink",
      "translation": "ink",
      "word": "dúch"
    },
    {
      "word": "dúchan"
    },
    {
      "english": "dark blue, navy blue",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "dark blue, navy blue",
      "word": "dúghorm"
    },
    {
      "english": "black tern",
      "translation": "black tern",
      "word": "geabhróg dhubh"
    },
    {
      "english": "black-necked crane",
      "translation": "black-necked crane",
      "word": "grús píbdhubh"
    },
    {
      "english": "stout, porter",
      "translation": "stout, porter",
      "word": "leann dubh"
    },
    {
      "english": "blackbird",
      "translation": "blackbird",
      "word": "lon dubh"
    },
    {
      "english": "black pudding",
      "translation": "black pudding",
      "word": "lúbán dubh"
    },
    {
      "english": "black market",
      "translation": "black market",
      "word": "margadh dubh"
    },
    {
      "english": "from dawn to dusk",
      "translation": "from dawn to dusk",
      "word": "ó dhubh go dubh"
    },
    {
      "english": "black-necked",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "black-necked",
      "word": "píbdhubh"
    },
    {
      "english": "black pepper",
      "translation": "black pepper",
      "word": "piobar dubh"
    },
    {
      "english": "black pudding",
      "translation": "black pudding",
      "word": "putóg dhubh"
    },
    {
      "english": "black lung",
      "translation": "black lung",
      "word": "scamhóg dhubh"
    },
    {
      "english": "blackish",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "blackish",
      "word": "scothdhubh"
    },
    {
      "english": "black eye, shiner",
      "translation": "black eye, shiner",
      "word": "súil dhubh"
    },
    {
      "english": "black tea",
      "translation": "black tea",
      "word": "tae dubh"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ghou"
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      "form": "dúcha",
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      "form": "dhubh",
      "source": "mutation",
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      "form": "ndubh",
      "source": "mutation",
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      "form": "dú-",
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        "black"
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          "black",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "black-haired"
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        [
          "black",
          "black"
        ],
        [
          "haired",
          "haired"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish nominalized adjectives"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "black (color)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "black",
          "black"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nominalized, masculine) black (color)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪ˠuvˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪ˠu(ː)/",
      "tags": [
        "Galway"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪ˠɞ/",
      "tags": [
        "Galway"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪ˠuvˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪ˠufˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪ˠuh/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[d̪ˠʊʍ]",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/d̪ˠʊfˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dubh"
}

Download raw JSONL data for dubh meaning in Irish (5.7kB)

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  "called_from": "parser/328",
  "msg": "TABLE not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "dubh"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "dubh",
  "trace": "started on line 3, detected on line 17"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "dubh"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "dubh",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 17"
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'strong noun'",
  "path": [
    "dubh"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "dubh",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'weak noun'",
  "path": [
    "dubh"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "dubh",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "dubh"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "dubh",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: dubh/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "dubh"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "dubh",
  "trace": ""
}

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