drabhlás

Irish

Alternative forms

  • dreabhlás, drobhlás

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /d̪ˠɾˠəuˈl̪ˠɑːsˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠəulˠɑːsˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲəulˠasˠ/[1] (corresponding to the form dreabhlás)

Noun

drabhlás m (genitive singular drabhláis)

  1. licentiousness

Declension

Declension of drabhlás (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative drabhlás
vocative a dhrabhláis
genitive drabhláis
dative drabhlás
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an drabhlás
genitive an drabhláis
dative leis an drabhlás
don drabhlás

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of drabhlás
radical lenition eclipsis
drabhlás dhrabhlás ndrabhlás

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 10, page 8

Further reading

  • drabhlás”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “droḃlás”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 366; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “drabhlás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN