droch-chleachtadh

droch-chleachtadh

Irish

Etymology

From droch- (“bad”) +‎ cleachtadh (“habit”)

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠɔxˈhlaxt̪ˠə/[1]

Noun

droch-chleachtadh m (genitive singular droch-chleachtaidh, nominative plural droch-chleachtaí)

1. bad habit

Declension

Declension of droch-chleachtadh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative droch-chleachtadh droch-chleachtaí Vocative a dhroch-chleachtaidh a dhroch-chleachtaí Genitive droch-chleachtaidh droch-chleachtaí Dative droch-chleachtadh droch-chleachtaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an droch-chleachtadh na droch-chleachtaí Genitive an droch-chleachtaidh na ndroch-chleachtaí Dative leis an droch-chleachtadh don droch-chleachtadh leis na droch-chleachtaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
droch-chleachtadh	dhroch-chleachtadh	ndroch-chleachtadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 71.

Further reading

• Entries containing “droch-chleachtadh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.