drochbhéas

Irish

Alternative forms

• droch-bhéas, drochbheus, droch-bheus, droichbhéas, droich-bhéas, droichbheus, droich-bheus (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish drochbés. By surface analysis, droch- +‎ béas.

Noun

drochbhéas m (genitive singular drochbhéasa, nominative plural drochbhéasa)

1. vice, bad habit
2. (in the plural) bad manners

Declension

Declension of drochbhéas

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative drochbhéas drochbhéasa Vocative a dhrochbhéas a dhrochbhéasa Genitive drochbhéasa drochbhéas Dative drochbhéas drochbhéasa

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an drochbhéas na drochbhéasa Genitive an drochbhéasa na ndrochbhéas Dative leis an drochbhéas don drochbhéas leis na drochbhéasa

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
drochbhéas	dhrochbhéas	ndrochbhéas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “drochbhéas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 droch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “droiċ-ḃéas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 263
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “drochbhéas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN