drochamhras

Irish

Alternative forms

• droch-amhras, drochamhrus, droch-amhrus (obsolete)

Etymology

From droch- +‎ amhras.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠʌhãũɾˠəsˠ/

Noun

drochamhras m (genitive singular drochamhrais)

1. suspicion (act of suspecting something or someone of something wrong)
2. misgiving

Declension

Declension of drochamhras (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative drochamhras vocative a dhrochamhrais genitive drochamhrais dative drochamhras forms with the definite article case singular nominative an drochamhras genitive an drochamhrais dative leis an drochamhras don drochamhras

Further reading

• “drochamhras”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “droċ-aṁras”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 261
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “drochamhras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN