drùiseach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish drúisech (“lustful, unchaste”). By surface analysis, drùis (“licentiousness, lust”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɾuːʃax/

Adjective

drùiseach (genitive singular masculine drùisich)

1. licentious, lustful

   Synonyms: baoiseach, draosda, drùiseil

Noun

drùiseach m (genitive singular drùisich, plural drùisich)

1. lecher

   Synonyms: drùisear, drùisire

Mutation

Mutation of drùiseach

radical	lenition
drùiseach	dhrùiseach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “drúisech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language