drochmheas

Irish

Etymology

droch- +‎ meas.

Noun

drochmheas m (genitive singular drochmheasa)

  1. contempt
    Antonym: dea-mheas
    Chuir sé sraoth as le drochmheas. ― He snorted with contempt.

Declension

Declension of drochmheas (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative drochmheas
vocative a dhrochmheas
genitive drochmheasa
dative drochmheas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an drochmheas
genitive an drochmheasa
dative leis an drochmheas
don drochmheas

Mutation

Mutated forms of drochmheas
radical lenition eclipsis
drochmheas dhrochmheas ndrochmheas

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

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