drochmhúineadh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /d̪ˠɾˠɔxˈuːnə/[1]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠɔxwuːnˠu/, /ˈd̪ˠɾˠɔxwuːn̪ˠu/[2] (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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative drochmhúineadh
Vocative a dhrochmhúineadh
Genitive drochmhúinte
Dative drochmhúineadh

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an drochmhúineadh
Genitive an drochmhúinte
Dative leis an drochmhúineadh

don drochmhúineadh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
drochmhúineadh dhrochmhúineadh ndrochmhúineadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 71
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 88

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