dúdaireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• dúdarnaíl

Etymology

From dúdaire +‎ -acht.

Noun

dúdaireacht f (genitive singular dúdaireachta)

1. (act of) neck-craning, eavesdropping
2. (act of) gulping, swallowing, puffing (on pipe)
3. (act of) humming, crooning, (of kettle) singing, whistling

Declension

Declension of dúdaireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative dúdaireacht Vocative a dhúdaireacht Genitive dúdaireachta Dative dúdaireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an dúdaireacht Genitive na dúdaireachta Dative leis an dúdaireacht don dúdaireacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dúdaireacht	dhúdaireacht	ndúdaireacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúdaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN