drochbhéasach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- drochbhéasúil
- droch-bhéasach, droch-bheusach, droichbhéasach, droich-bhéasach, droichbheusach (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]From drochbhéas (from droch- + béas) + -ach. Compare Scottish Gaelic droch-bheusach.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]drochbhéasach (genitive singular masculine drochbhéasaigh, genitive singular feminine drochbhéasaí, plural drochbhéasacha, comparative drochbhéasaí)
- rude, impolite, unmannerly, ill-mannered
- Synonyms: míchúirtéiseach, mímhúinte, borb, míbhéasach, drochmhúinte
Declension
[edit]Declension of drochbhéasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | drochbhéasach | dhrochbhéasach | drochbhéasacha; dhrochbhéasacha² | |
| Vocative | dhrochbhéasaigh | drochbhéasacha | ||
| Genitive | drochbhéasaí | drochbhéasacha | drochbhéasach | |
| Dative | drochbhéasach; dhrochbhéasach¹ |
dhrochbhéasach; dhrochbhéasaigh (archaic) |
drochbhéasacha; dhrochbhéasacha² | |
| Comparative | níos drochbhéasaí | |||
| Superlative | is drochbhéasaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| drochbhéasach | dhrochbhéasach | ndrochbhéasach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- “drochbhéasach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “droiċ-ḃéasac”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 263
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 72
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “drochbhéasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN