doirteán

Irish

Etymology

doirt +‎ -án

Noun

doirteán m (genitive singular doirteáin, nominative plural doirteáin)

1. downpour

   Synonyms: bailc, duartan, folc, stealladh, taoisc

Declension

Declension of doirteán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative doirteán doirteáin vocative a dhoirteáin a dhoirteána genitive doirteáin doirteán dative doirteán doirteáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an doirteán na doirteáin genitive an doirteáin na ndoirteán dative leis an doirteán don doirteán leis na doirteáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of doirteán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
doirteán	dhoirteán	ndoirteán

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) “doirteán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN