druí

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • druï (disyllabic in early poetry)

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *druwits (either “tree-knower” or “firm knower”), compare suí (“sage”), duí (“idiot, fool”), ainb (“ignorant”).

Pronunciation

Noun

druí m (genitive druad, nominative plural druïd)

  1. druid, sorcerer

Inflection

Masculine d-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative druí druïdL, druí druïd
Vocative druí druïdL, druí druada
Accusative druïdN druïdL, druí druada
Genitive druad druad druadN
Dative druïdL druadaib druadaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: draoi
  • ⇒ Manx: druaight (via druídecht)
  • Scottish Gaelic: draoidh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
druí druí
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ 		ndruí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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