dréacht
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dréacht m (genitive singular dréachta, nominative plural dréachtaí or dréachta)
- draft (early version of a written work; preliminary sketch or outline; order for money to be paid)
- composition (work of music, literature or art), piece (artistic creation); (specifically) a particular poem, song, tale, story etc.
- tract (small booklet; brief treatise)
- (literary) portion, part, division
- (literary) number [with de ‘of’]
Declension
[edit]Declension of dréacht
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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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
[edit]- “dréacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “drécht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dréaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 259
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 87
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dréacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN