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drúcht

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish drúcht.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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drúcht m (genitive singular drúchta)

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

Declension

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Declension of drúcht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative drúcht
vocative a dhrúcht
genitive drúchta
dative drúcht
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an drúcht
genitive an drúchta
dative leis an drúcht
don drúcht

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of drúcht
radical lenition eclipsis
drúcht dhrúcht ndrúcht

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

References

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  1. ^ drúcht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “drúcht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 83, page 44
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 72
  5. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 364, page 72
  6. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 459 (i), page 165
  7. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 45, page 20

Further reading

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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drúcht m (genitive drúchta)

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

Declension

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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

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  • Irish: drúcht
  • Scottish Gaelic: driùchd

Mutation

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Mutation of drúcht
radical lenition nasalization
drúcht drúcht
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndrúcht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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