drúis

See also: drùis

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠuːʃ/
• (Ulster, also) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠũːʃ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish drúis, from Old Irish drús (“hot-lust, desire”), from drúth (“wanton, unchaste”).

Noun

drúis f (genitive singular drúise)

1. lust
   • 2010 October 25, “Na Cloigne”, in TG4‎^[1]:

     Dúnmharú, drúis, éad agus fórsaí dorcha osnádúrtha sa scannán ‘Na Cloigne’ ar 'Lá na Marbh'.

     Murder, lust, jealousy and dark supernatural forces are all to be found in the film 'Na Cloigne' on All Soul's Day.

Declension

Declension of drúis (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative drúis vocative a dhrúis genitive drúise dative drúis forms with the definite article case singular nominative an drúis genitive na drúise dative leis an drúis don drúis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

drúis m

1. inflection of drús:
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of drúis

radical	lenition	eclipsis
drúis	dhrúis	ndrúis

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

Middle Irish

Etymology

Originally the dative/accusative of Old Irish drús.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /druːɕ/

Noun

drúis f (genitive drúise, no plural)

1. lust, concupiscence

Mutation

Mutation of drúis

radical	lenition	nasalization
drúis	drúis pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/, later /ɣ(ʲ)-/	ndrúis

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