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drabhlásach

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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drabhlás +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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drabhlásach (genitive singular masculine drabhlásaigh, genitive singular feminine drabhlásaí, plural drabhlásacha, comparative drabhlásaí)

  1. licentious

Declension

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Declension of drabhlásach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative drabhlásach dhrabhlásach drabhlásacha;
dhrabhlásacha2
vocative dhrabhlásaigh drabhlásacha
genitive drabhlásaí drabhlásacha drabhlásach
dative drabhlásach;
dhrabhlásach1
dhrabhlásach;
dhrabhlásaigh (archaic)
drabhlásacha;
dhrabhlásacha2
Comparative níos drabhlásaí
Superlative is drabhlásaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of drabhlásach
radical lenition eclipsis
drabhlásach dhrabhlásach ndrabhlásach

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. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8

Further reading

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