drochaoibh

Irish

Etymology

From droch- +‎ aoibh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠɔxiːvʲ/

Noun

drochaoibh f (genitive singular drochaoibhe)

1. bad mood

   Synonyms: drochghiúmar, drochspion

Declension

Declension of drochaoibh

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative drochaoibh Vocative a dhrochaoibh Genitive drochaoibhe Dative drochaoibh

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an drochaoibh Genitive na drochaoibhe Dative leis an drochaoibh don drochaoibh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
drochaoibh	dhrochaoibh	ndrochaoibh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “drochaoibh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “drochaoibh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 48