drabhlásach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • dreabhlásach, drobhlásach

Etymology

From drabhlás +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /d̪ˠɾˠəuˈl̪ˠɑːsˠəx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠəulˠɑːsˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲəulˠasˠa(x)/[1] (corresponding to the form dreabhlásach)

Adjective

drabhlásach (genitive singular masculine drabhlásaigh, genitive singular feminine drabhlásaí, plural drabhlásacha, comparative drabhlásaí)

  1. licentious

Declension

Declension of drabhlásach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative drabhlásach dhrabhlásach drabhlásacha;
dhrabhlásacha2
vocative dhrabhlásaigh drabhlásacha
genitive drabhlásaí drabhlásacha drabhlásach
dative drabhlásach;
dhrabhlásach1 		dhrabhlásach;
dhrabhlásaigh (archaic) 		drabhlásacha;
dhrabhlásacha2
Comparative níos drabhlásaí
Superlative is drabhlásaí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of drabhlásach
radical lenition eclipsis
drabhlásach dhrabhlásach ndrabhlásach

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

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