drochamhras

Irish

Alternative forms

  • droch-amhras, drochamhrus, droch-amhrus (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From droch- (“bad”) +‎ amhras (“doubt”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠɞhãũɾˠəsˠ/[2]

Noun

drochamhras m (genitive singular drochamhrais)

  1. suspicion (act of suspecting something or someone of something wrong)
  2. misgiving

Declension

Declension of drochamhras (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative drochamhras
vocative a dhrochamhrais
genitive drochamhrais
dative drochamhras
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an drochamhras
genitive an drochamhrais
dative leis an drochamhras
don drochamhras

References

  1. ^ “drochamhras”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 90, page 50

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