drochbhean

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish drochben.[2] By surface analysis, droch- +‎ bean.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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drochbhean f (genitive singular drochmhná, nominative plural drochmhná)

  1. bad woman

Declension

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Declension of drochbhean

Irregular

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative drochbhean drochmhná
Vocative a dhrochbhean a dhrochmhná
Genitive drochmhná drochbhan
Dative drochbhean
drochmhnaoi (archaic, dialectal) 		drochmhná

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an drochbhean na drochmhná
Genitive na drochmhná na ndrochbhan
Dative leis an drochbhean
leis an drochmhnaoi (archaic, dialectal)

don drochbhean
don drochmhnaoi (archaic, dialectal)

leis na drochmhná

References

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  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “droiċ-ḃean”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 droch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 242, page 122
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