dúdaireacht

Irish

Alternative forms
  • dúdarnaíl

Etymology

From dúdaire +‎ -acht.

Noun

dúdaireacht f (genitive singular dúdaireachta)

  1. (act of) neck-craning, eavesdropping
  2. (act of) gulping, swallowing, puffing (on pipe)
  3. (act of) humming, crooning, (of kettle) singing, whistling

Declension
Declension of dúdaireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative dúdaireacht
Vocative a dhúdaireacht
Genitive dúdaireachta
Dative dúdaireacht

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an dúdaireacht
Genitive na dúdaireachta
Dative leis an dúdaireacht

don dúdaireacht

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dúdaireacht dhúdaireacht ndúdaireacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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