drúcht

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish drúcht.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

drúcht m (genitive singular drúchta)

  1. dew (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc.)

Declension

Declension of drúcht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative drúcht
vocative a dhrúcht
genitive drúchta
dative drúcht
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an drúcht
genitive an drúchta
dative leis an drúcht
don drúcht

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of drúcht
radical lenition eclipsis
drúcht dhrúcht ndrúcht

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

References

  1. ^ “drúcht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “drúcht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 83, page 44
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 72
  5. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 364, page 72
  6. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 459 (i), page 165
  7. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 45, page 20

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly related to Old English dropa, Old Norse dropi (“a drop”).

Pronunciation

Noun

drúcht m (genitive drúchta)

  1. dew (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc.)

Declension

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative drúcht drúchtL drúchtaeH
Vocative drúcht drúchtL drúchtu
Accusative drúchtN drúchtL drúchtu
Genitive drúchtoH, drúchtaH drúchtoL, drúchtaL drúchtaeN
Dative drúchtL drúchtaib drúchtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: drúcht
  • Scottish Gaelic: driùchd

Mutation

Mutation of drúcht
radical lenition nasalization
drúcht drúcht
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ 		ndrúcht

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

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