dordfhocal

Irish

Etymology

From dord (“buzz”) +‎ focal (“word”), calque of English buzzword.

Noun

dordfhocal m (genitive singular dordfhocail, nominative plural dordfhocail)

  1. (rhetoric) buzzword
    Synonym: focal reatha

Declension
Declension of dordfhocal

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dordfhocal dordfhocail
Vocative a dhordfhocail a dhordfhocala
Genitive dordfhocail dordfhocal
Dative dordfhocal dordfhocail

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an dordfhocal na dordfhocail
Genitive an dordfhocail na ndordfhocal
Dative leis an dordfhocal

don dordfhocal

 leis na dordfhocail

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

Further reading
  • Entries containing “dordfhocal” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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