drud

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

drud m (genitive singular druid)

1. Used in negative idiomatic expressions to mean 'the slightest noise'.

Declension

Declension of drud

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative drud Vocative a dhruid Genitive druid Dative drud

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an drud Genitive an druid Dative leis an drud don drud

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
drud	dhrud	ndrud
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “drud”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh drut, from Proto-Brythonic *drʉd, from Proto-Celtic *drūtos.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /drɨːd/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /driːd/
• Rhymes: -ɨːd

Adjective

drud (feminine singular drud, plural drudion, equative dryted, comparative drutach, superlative drutaf)

1. expensive

   Mae'n rhy ddrud i fi.

   It is too expensive for me.

   • 2018 March 13, National Assembly for Wales, plenary session 13 March 2018 para 109:

     Dywedodd ei bod ddwywaith cyn ddryted â gorsaf bŵer niwclear Hinkley Point C.

     He said that it is twice as expensive as Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.

2. daring, brave, foolish
3. furious, grievous, painful

Derived terms

• drudanaeth (“costliness, expense”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
drud	ddrud	nrud	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “drud”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN