drúis

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish drúis, from Old Irish drús (“hot-lust, desire”), from drúth (“wanton, unchaste”).

Noun

drúis f (genitive singular drúise)

  1. lust
    • 2010 October 25, “Na Cloigne”, in TG4‎:
      Dúnmharú, drúis, éad agus fórsaí dorcha osnádúrtha sa scannán ‘Na Cloigne’ ar 'Lá na Marbh'.
      Murder, lust, jealousy and dark supernatural forces are all to be found in the film 'Na Cloigne' on All Soul's Day.
Declension
Declension of drúis

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative drúis
Vocative a dhrúis
Genitive drúise
Dative drúis

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an drúis
Genitive na drúise
Dative leis an drúis

don drúis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

drúis m

  1. inflection of drús:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
drúis dhrúis ndrúis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 66

Middle Irish

Etymology

Originally the dative/accusative of Old Irish drús.

Pronunciation

Noun

drúis f (genitive drúise, no plural)

  1. lust, concupiscence

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
drúis drúis
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/, later /ɣ(ʲ)-/		 ndrúis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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