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drochbhéasach

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From drochbhéas (from droch- +‎ béas) + -ach. Compare Scottish Gaelic droch-bheusach.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

drochbhéasach (genitive singular masculine drochbhéasaigh, genitive singular feminine drochbhéasaí, plural drochbhéasacha, comparative drochbhéasaí)

  1. rude, impolite, unmannerly, ill-mannered
    Synonyms: míchúirtéiseach, mímhúinte, borb, míbhéasach, drochmhúinte

Declension edit

Declension of drochbhéasach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative drochbhéasach dhrochbhéasach drochbhéasacha;
dhrochbhéasacha²
Vocative dhrochbhéasaigh drochbhéasacha
Genitive drochbhéasaí drochbhéasacha drochbhéasach
Dative drochbhéasach;
dhrochbhéasach¹ 		dhrochbhéasach;
dhrochbhéasaigh (archaic) 		drochbhéasacha;
dhrochbhéasacha²
Comparative níos drochbhéasaí
Superlative is drochbhéasaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
drochbhéasach dhrochbhéasach ndrochbhéasach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

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