drabhlásach
Irish
Alternative forms
- dreabhlásach, drobhlásach
Pronunciation
Adjective
drabhlásach (genitive singular masculine drabhlásaigh, genitive singular feminine drabhlásaí, plural drabhlásacha, comparative drabhlásaí)
Declension
Declension of drabhlásach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | drabhlásach | dhrabhlásach | drabhlásacha; dhrabhlásacha² | |
| Vocative | dhrabhlásaigh | drabhlásacha | ||
| Genitive | drabhlásaí | drabhlásacha | drabhlásach | |
| Dative | drabhlásach; dhrabhlásach¹ |
dhrabhlásach; dhrabhlásaigh (archaic) |
drabhlásacha; dhrabhlásacha² | |
| Comparative | níos drabhlásaí | |||
| Superlative | is drabhlásaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| drabhlásach | dhrabhlásach | ndrabhlásach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “drabhlásach” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- "drabhlásach" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8.
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