drabhlásach

Irish

Alternative forms
  • dreabhlásach, drobhlásach

Etymology

drabhlás +‎ -ach

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /d̪ˠɾˠəuˈl̪ˠɑːsˠəx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠəulˠɑːsˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲəulˠasˠa(x)/[1] (corresponding to the form dreabhlásach)

Adjective

drabhlásach (genitive singular masculine drabhlásaigh, genitive singular feminine drabhlásaí, plural drabhlásacha, comparative drabhlásaí)

  1. licentious

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.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8

Further reading
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