drochribe

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From droch- (“bad”) +‎ ribe (“hair, bristle”)

Pronunciation

Noun

drochribe m (genitive singular drochribe, nominative plural drochribí)

  1. bad, sickly appearance
  2. bad mood, ill humor
  3. threatening look (of weather)

Declension

Declension of drochribe (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative drochribe drochribí
vocative a dhrochribe a dhrochribí
genitive drochribe drochribí
dative drochribe drochribí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an drochribe na drochribí
genitive an drochribe na ndrochribí
dative leis an drochribe
don drochribe 		leis na drochribí

Mutation

Mutated forms of drochribe
radical lenition eclipsis
drochribe dhrochribe ndrochribe

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

References

  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “droċ-ribe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 368; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 242, page 122

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