dordfhocal

Irish

Etymology

From dord (“buzz”) +‎ focal (“word”), calque of English buzzword.

Noun

dordfhocal m (genitive singular dordfhocail, nominative plural dordfhocail)

1. (rhetoric) buzzword

   Synonym: focal reatha

Declension

Declension of dordfhocal

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative dordfhocal dordfhocail Vocative a dhordfhocail a dhordfhocala Genitive dordfhocail dordfhocal Dative dordfhocal dordfhocail

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an dordfhocal na dordfhocail Genitive an dordfhocail na ndordfhocal Dative leis an dordfhocal don dordfhocal leis na dordfhocail

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dordfhocal	dhordfhocal	ndordfhocal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “dordfhocal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024