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Irish
Etymology
From droch- (“bad”) + múineadh (“good manners, courtesy”)
Pronunciation
Noun
drochmhúineadh m (genitive singular drochmhúinte)
- rudeness, bad manners
- Synonym: boirbe
- viciousness (in an animal such as a horse)
Declension
Declension of drochmhúineadh
Mutation
References
Further reading
- “drochmhúineadh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “droċ-ṁúineaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “drochmhúineadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN