dímhúineadh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dí- +‎ múineadh (good manners).

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲiːwuːnˠu/ ~ /ˈdʲiːmˠuːnˠu/[2]

Noun

dímhúineadh m (genitive singular dímhúinte)

  1. bad manners

Declension

Declension of dímhúineadh (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative dímhúineadh
vocative a dhímhúineadh
genitive dímhúinte
dative dímhúineadh
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an dímhúineadh
genitive an dímhúinte
dative leis an dímhúineadh
don dímhúineadh

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of dímhúineadh
radical lenition eclipsis
dímhúineadh dhímhúineadh ndímhúineadh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “dí-ṁúineaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 336; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 298, page 160

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