meirdreach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mertrech, from Latin meretrīx.

Noun

meirdreach f (genitive singular meirdrí, nominative plural meirdreacha)

  1. prostitute
  2. (vulgar, derogatory) whore

Declension

Declension of meirdreach (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative meirdreach meirdreacha
vocative a mheirdreach a mheirdreacha
genitive meirdrí meirdreach
dative meirdreach
meirdrigh (archaic, dialectal) 		meirdreacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an mheirdreach na meirdreacha
genitive na meirdrí na meirdreach
dative leis an meirdreach
leis an meirdrigh (archaic, dialectal)
don mheirdreach
don mheirdrigh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na meirdreacha

Synonyms

  • meirdrigh (“prostitute”, transitive verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of meirdreach
radical lenition eclipsis
meirdreach mheirdreach not applicable

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

Further reading

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