púdrach

Irish

Etymology

From púdar +‎ -ach

Adjective

púdrach (genitive singular masculine púdraigh, genitive singular feminine púdraí, plural púdracha, comparative púdraí)

1. powdery
2. powdered

Declension

Declension of púdrach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	púdrach	phúdrach	púdracha; phúdracha2
vocative	phúdraigh		púdracha
genitive		púdraí	púdracha	púdrach
dative	púdrach; phúdrach1	phúdrach; phúdraigh (archaic)	púdracha; phúdracha2
Comparative	níos púdraí
Superlative	is púdraí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• púdrach péacach (“all dressed up”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of púdrach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
púdrach	phúdrach	bpúdrach

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “púdraċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 554
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “púdrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN