dréacht

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish drécht.

Pronunciation

Noun

dréacht m (genitive singular dréachta, nominative plural dréachtaí or dréachta)

  1. draft (early version of a written work; preliminary sketch or outline; order for money to be paid)
  2. composition (work of music, literature or art), piece (artistic creation); (specifically) a particular poem, song, tale, story etc.
  3. tract (small booklet; brief treatise)
  4. (literary) portion, part, division
  5. (literary) number

Declension

Declension of dréacht

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dréacht dréachtaí
Vocative a dhréacht a dhréachtaí
Genitive dréachta dréachtaí
Dative dréacht dréachtaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an dréacht na dréachtaí
Genitive an dréachta na ndréachtaí
Dative leis an dréacht

don dréacht

leis na dréachtaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dréacht dhréacht ndréacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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