dúdaireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• dúdarnaíl

Etymology

From dúdaire +‎ -acht.

Noun

dúdaireacht f (genitive singular dúdaireachta)

1. (act of) neck-craning, eavesdropping
2. (act of) gulping, swallowing, puffing (on pipe)
3. (act of) humming, crooning, (of kettle) singing, whistling

Declension

Declension of dúdaireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative dúdaireacht vocative a dhúdaireacht genitive dúdaireachta dative dúdaireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an dúdaireacht genitive na dúdaireachta dative leis an dúdaireacht don dúdaireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of dúdaireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dúdaireacht	dhúdaireacht	ndúdaireacht

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

Further reading

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