drochmhúineadh

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

drochmhúineadh m (genitive singular drochmhúinte)

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

Declension

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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