EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
dúchan, f. (gs. ~a). 1. vn. of dubhaigh1. 2. Blackening, darkening. (a) ~ gnúise, darkening of countenance. Le ~ na hoíche, at nightfall. (b) (Of great numbers) Bhí ~ na mbóithre de dhaoine ann, the roads were crowded with people. ~ na gcnoc, na mbánta, na sléibhte, na gcoillte, d’éanlaith, vast flocks of birds. 3. Agr: (On grain) Black rust; (on potatoes) blight. 4. Sadness, oppression of spirits. (Var: dúchaint f)