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dímhúineadh

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From dí- +‎ múineadh (good manners).

Pronunciation

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  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲiːwuːnˠu/, /ˈdʲiːwuːn̪ˠu/ (as if spelled dímhúnadh); /ˈdʲiːmˠuːnˠu/, /ˈdʲiːmˠuːn̪ˠu/[2] (as if spelled dímúnadh)

Noun

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dímhúineadh m (genitive singular dímhúinte)

  1. bad manners

Declension

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Declension of dímhúineadh (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative dímhúineadh
vocative a dhímhúineadh
genitive dímhúinte
dative dímhúineadh
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an dímhúineadh
genitive an dímhúinte
dative leis an dímhúineadh
don dímhúineadh

Synonyms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of dímhúineadh
radical lenition eclipsis
dímhúineadh dhímhúineadh ndímhúineadh

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

References

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  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “dí-ṁúineaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 298, page 160

Further reading

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