druncaeir

Irish

Alternative forms

• druncaera (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

Borrowed from English drunk or drunkard + -éir.

Noun

druncaeir m (genitive singular druncaera, nominative plural druncaeirí)

1. drunkard

Declension

Declension of druncaeir (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative druncaeir druncaeirí vocative a dhruncaeir a dhruncaeirí genitive druncaera druncaeirí dative druncaeir druncaeirí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an druncaeir na druncaeirí genitive an druncaera na ndruncaeirí dative leis an druncaeir don druncaeir leis na druncaeirí

Synonyms

• meisceoir
• pótaire

Mutation

Mutated forms of druncaeir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
druncaeir	dhruncaeir	ndruncaeir

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “druncaeir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN