drochmhúineadh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From droch- (“bad”) +‎ múineadh (“good manners, courtesy”)

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /d̪ˠɾˠɔxˈuːnə/[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠɔxˈwuːnˠu/[3] (corresponding to the form drochmhúnadh)

Noun

drochmhúineadh m (genitive singular drochmhúinte)

  1. rudeness, bad manners
    Synonym: boirbe
  2. viciousness (in an animal such as a horse)

Declension

Declension of drochmhúineadh (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative drochmhúineadh
vocative a dhrochmhúineadh
genitive drochmhúinte
dative drochmhúineadh
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an drochmhúineadh
genitive an drochmhúinte
dative leis an drochmhúineadh
don drochmhúineadh

Mutation

Mutated forms of drochmhúineadh
radical lenition eclipsis
drochmhúineadh dhrochmhúineadh ndrochmhúineadh

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

References

  1. ^ “drochmhúineadh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 71
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 483, page 154

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