drochmhúineadh

Irish

Alternative forms

• drochmhúnadh (Ulster)
• droch-mhúineadh (superseded)

Etymology

From droch- (“bad”) +‎ múineadh (“good manners, courtesy”)

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠɔxˈuːnə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠɔxwuːnˠu/, /ˈd̪ˠɾˠɔxwuːn̪ˠu/ (corresponding to the form drochmhúnadh)

Noun

drochmhúineadh m (genitive singular drochmhúinte)

1. rudeness, bad manners

   Synonym: boirbe

2. viciousness (in an animal such as a horse)

Declension

Declension of drochmhúineadh (irregular, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative drochmhúineadh vocative a dhrochmhúineadh genitive drochmhúinte dative drochmhúineadh forms with the definite article case singular nominative an drochmhúineadh genitive an drochmhúinte dative leis an drochmhúineadh don drochmhúineadh

Related terms

• drochmhúinte (“ill-mannered”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of drochmhúineadh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
drochmhúineadh	dhrochmhúineadh	ndrochmhúineadh

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

Further reading

• “drochmhúineadh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “droċ-ṁúineaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “drochmhúineadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN