droch-chleachtadh

Irish

Etymology

From droch- (bad) +‎ cleachtadh (habit)

Pronunciation

  • (Aran) IPA(key): /d̪ˠɾˠɔxˈhlaxt̪ˠə/[1]

Noun

droch-chleachtadh m (genitive singular droch-chleachtaidh, nominative plural droch-chleachtaí)

  1. bad habit

Declension

Declension of droch-chleachtadh (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative droch-chleachtadh droch-chleachtaí
vocative a dhroch-chleachtaidh a dhroch-chleachtaí
genitive droch-chleachtaidh droch-chleachtaí
dative droch-chleachtadh droch-chleachtaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an droch-chleachtadh na droch-chleachtaí
genitive an droch-chleachtaidh na ndroch-chleachtaí
dative leis an droch-chleachtadh
don droch-chleachtadh
leis na droch-chleachtaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of droch-chleachtadh
radical lenition eclipsis
droch-chleachtadh dhroch-chleachtadh ndroch-chleachtadh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 71

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