drochaoibh

Irish

Etymology

From droch- +‎ aoibh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠɔxiːvʲ/

Noun

drochaoibh f (genitive singular drochaoibhe)

1. bad mood

   Synonyms: drochghiúmar, drochspion

Declension

Declension of drochaoibh (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative drochaoibh vocative a dhrochaoibh genitive drochaoibhe dative drochaoibh forms with the definite article case singular nominative an drochaoibh genitive na drochaoibhe dative leis an drochaoibh don drochaoibh

Mutation

Mutated forms of drochaoibh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
drochaoibh	dhrochaoibh	ndrochaoibh

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “drochaoibh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “drochaoibh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 48