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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish drúcht.
Pronunciation
Noun
drúcht m (genitive singular drúchta)
- dew (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc.)
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| drúcht
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dhrúcht
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ndrúcht
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- “drúcht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “drúcht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “drúċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 264
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 72
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “drúcht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 44
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Possibly related to Old English dropa, Old Norse dropi (“a drop”).
Pronunciation
Noun
drúcht m (genitive drúchta)
- dew (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc.)
Declension
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| drúcht
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drúcht
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
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ndrúcht
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading