dúdaire

Irish

Etymology

From dúid (“stump, stumpy object, protuberant part; short-stemmed (clay) pipe; (craned) neck, throat; numbskull”) +‎ -aire (agent suffix).

Noun

dúdaire m (genitive singular dúdaire, nominative plural dúdairí)

1. long-necked person
2. eavesdropper
3. hummer, crooner
4. dolt

Declension

Declension of dúdaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dúdaire dúdairí vocative a dhúdaire a dhúdairí genitive dúdaire dúdairí dative dúdaire dúdairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dúdaire na dúdairí genitive an dúdaire na ndúdairí dative leis an dúdaire don dúdaire leis na dúdairí

Derived terms

• dúdaireacht f (“(act of) neck-craning, eavesdropping; (act of) gulping, swallowing, puffing (on pipe); (act of) humming, crooning, (of kettle) singing, whistling”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dúdaire

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dúdaire	dhúdaire	ndúdaire

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dúdaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN