dual – Irish noun declension

Irish noun forms of dual

Noun: dual

Gender: Masc

Forms without Article

Singular Nominativedual
Singular Genitiveduail
Plural Nominativeduail
Plural Genitivedual

Forms with Article

Singular Nominativean dual
Singular Genitivean duail
Plural Nominativena duail
Plural Genitivena ndual

Sample Sentences

Etymology

From Middle Irish dúal (“tress, lock of hair”), from Proto-Celtic *doklos, from Proto-Indo-European *doḱlos (compare Icelandic tagl (“horse’s tail”), Old English tæġl, English tail). See: Icelandic Nouns 'tagl', English Nouns 'tail'.

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