drogall

Irish

Alternative forms

• drugall

Etymology

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Noun

drogall m (genitive singular drogaill)

1. aversion, repugnance
2. unwillingness, reluctance
3. laziness

Declension

Declension of drogall

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative drogall Vocative a dhrogaill Genitive drogaill Dative drogall

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an drogall Genitive an drogaill Dative leis an drogall don drogall

Derived terms

• drogallach (“reluctant, unwilling; chary; lazy”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
drogall	dhrogall	ndrogall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “drogall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “drogall” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “drogall” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.