doirteán

Irish

Etymology

From doirt +‎ -án.

Noun

doirteán m (genitive singular doirteáin, nominative plural doirteáin)

  1. downpour
    Synonyms: bailc, duartan, folc, stealladh, taoisc

Declension

Declension of doirteán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative doirteán doirteáin
vocative a dhoirteáin a dhoirteána
genitive doirteáin doirteán
dative doirteán doirteáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an doirteán na doirteáin
genitive an doirteáin na ndoirteán
dative leis an doirteán
don doirteán 		leis na doirteáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of doirteán
radical lenition eclipsis
doirteán dhoirteán ndoirteán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “doirteán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 356; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “doirteán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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