dordfhocal

Irish

Etymology

From dord (“buzz”) +‎ focal (“word”), calque of English buzzword.

Noun

dordfhocal m (genitive singular dordfhocail, nominative plural dordfhocail)

1. (rhetoric) buzzword

   Synonym: focal reatha

Declension

Declension of dordfhocal (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dordfhocal dordfhocail vocative a dhordfhocail a dhordfhocala genitive dordfhocail dordfhocal dative dordfhocal dordfhocail forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dordfhocal na dordfhocail genitive an dordfhocail na ndordfhocal dative leis an dordfhocal don dordfhocal leis na dordfhocail

Mutation

Mutated forms of dordfhocal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dordfhocal	dhordfhocal	ndordfhocal

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

Further reading

• “dordfhocal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024