dordfhocal

Irish

Etymology

From dord (“buzz”) +‎ focal (“word”), calque of English buzzword.

Noun

dordfhocal m (genitive singular dordfhocail, nominative plural dordfhocail)

  1. (rhetoric) buzzword
    Synonym: focal reatha

Declension

Declension of dordfhocal (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative dordfhocal dordfhocail
vocative a dhordfhocail a dhordfhocala
genitive dordfhocail dordfhocal
dative dordfhocal dordfhocail
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an dordfhocal na dordfhocail
genitive an dordfhocail na ndordfhocal
dative leis an dordfhocal
don dordfhocal 		leis na dordfhocail

Mutation

Mutated forms of dordfhocal
radical lenition eclipsis
dordfhocal dhordfhocal ndordfhocal

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

Further reading

  • “dordfhocal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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