druncaeir

Irish

Alternative forms

• druncaera (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

Borrowed from English drunk or drunkard + -éir.

Noun

druncaeir m (genitive singular druncaera, nominative plural druncaeirí)

1. drunkard

Declension

Declension of druncaeir

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative druncaeir druncaeirí Vocative a dhruncaeir a dhruncaeirí Genitive druncaera druncaeirí Dative druncaeir druncaeirí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an druncaeir na druncaeirí Genitive an druncaera na ndruncaeirí Dative leis an druncaeir don druncaeir leis na druncaeirí

Synonyms

• meisceoir
• pótaire

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
druncaeir	dhruncaeir	ndruncaeir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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