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, no plural)
bare forms
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

Mutated forms of drúis
radical lenition eclipsis
drúis dhrúis ndrúis

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

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

Mutation of drúis
radical lenition nasalization
drúis drúis
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/, later /ɣ(ʲ)-/
ndrúis

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