dréacht

Irish

Alternative forms

  • dréachd, dreucht (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish drécht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʲɾʲeːxt̪ˠ/

Noun

dréacht m (genitive singular dréachta, nominative plural dréachtaí or dréachta)

  1. draft (early version of a written work; preliminary sketch or outline; order for money to be paid)
  2. composition (work of music, literature or art), piece (artistic creation); (specifically) a particular poem, song, tale, story etc.
  3. tract (small booklet; brief treatise)
  4. (literary) portion, part, division
  5. (literary) number [+ de (object) = of]

Declension

Derived terms

  • dréacht molta
  • dréachtach
  • dréachtaigh
  • dréachtchonradh
  • dréachtín
  • dréachtóir
  • réamhdhréacht
  • rédhréacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dréacht dhréacht ndréacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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