dúdaireacht

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dúdaire +‎ -acht.

Noun

dúdaireacht f (genitive singular dúdaireachta)

  1. (act of) neck-craning, eavesdropping
  2. (act of) gulping, swallowing, puffing (on pipe)
  3. (act of) humming, crooning, (of kettle) singing, whistling

Declension

Declension of dúdaireacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative dúdaireacht
vocative a dhúdaireacht
genitive dúdaireachta
dative dúdaireacht
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an dúdaireacht
genitive na dúdaireachta
dative leis an dúdaireacht
don dúdaireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of dúdaireacht
radical lenition eclipsis
dúdaireacht dhúdaireacht ndúdaireacht

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

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