drúcht

Irish

Alternative forms

  • driucht, driúcht, driuchta, driúchta, drúchta
  • driúchd, drúchd, drúchda (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish drúcht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪ˠɾuːxt̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲuːxt̪ˠə/ (corresponding to the alternative form driúchta)[1]

Noun

drúcht m (genitive singular drúchta)

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

Declension

Derived terms

  • cupán drúchta
  • drúcht meala
  • drúchtín
  • drúchtlinn
  • drúchtmhar
  • drúchtphointe
  • seilide drúchta
  • síod-drúcht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
drúcht dhrúcht ndrúcht
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 20

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • drúct

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /druːxt/

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

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
drúcht drúcht
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndrúcht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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