dreach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish drech (“face, surface”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲɾʲax/

Noun

dreach m (genitive singular dreacha, nominative plural dreacha)

1. facial appearance
2. look, expression
3. aspect
4. face

Declension

Declension of dreach (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dreach dreacha vocative a dhreach a dhreacha genitive dreacha dreach dative dreach dreacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dreach na dreacha genitive an dreacha na ndreach dative leis an dreach don dreach leis na dreacha

Derived terms

• bailedhreach (“townscape”)
• tírdhreach (“landscape”)

Noun

dreach f (genitive singular dreiche)

1. (literary) front

Declension

Declension of dreach (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative dreach vocative a dhreach genitive dreiche dative dreich forms with the definite article case singular nominative an dreach genitive na dreiche dative leis an dreich don dreich

Verb

dreach (present analytic dreachann, future analytic dreachfaidh, verbal noun dreachadh, past participle dreachta)

1. (transitive) delineate, portray
2. (transitive, theater) make up

Conjugation

conjugation of dreach (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	dreachaim	dreachann tú; dreachair†	dreachann sé, sí	dreachaimid	dreachann sibh	dreachann siad; dreachaid†	a dhreachann; a dhreachas / a ndreachann*	dreachtar
	past	dhreach mé; dhreachas	dhreach tú; dhreachais	dhreach sé, sí	dhreachamar; dhreach muid	dhreach sibh; dhreachabhair	dhreach siad; dhreachadar	a dhreach / ar dhreach*	dreachadh
	past habitual	dhreachainn / ndreachainn‡‡	dhreachtá / ndreachtᇇ	dhreachadh sé, sí / ndreachadh sé, s퇇	dhreachaimis; dhreachadh muid / ndreachaimis‡‡; ndreachadh muid‡‡	dhreachadh sibh / ndreachadh sibh‡‡	dhreachaidís; dhreachadh siad / ndreachaidís‡‡; ndreachadh siad‡‡	a dhreachadh / a ndreachadh*	dhreachtaí / ndreachta퇇
future		dreachfaidh mé; dreachfad	dreachfaidh tú; dreachfair†	dreachfaidh sé, sí	dreachfaimid; dreachfaidh muid	dreachfaidh sibh	dreachfaidh siad; dreachfaid†	a dhreachfaidh; a dhreachfas / a ndreachfaidh*	dreachfar
conditional		dhreachfainn / ndreachfainn‡‡	dhreachfá / ndreachfᇇ	dhreachfadh sé, sí / ndreachfadh sé, s퇇	dhreachfaimis; dhreachfadh muid / ndreachfaimis‡‡; ndreachfadh muid‡‡	dhreachfadh sibh / ndreachfadh sibh‡‡	dhreachfaidís; dhreachfadh siad / ndreachfaidís‡‡; ndreachfadh siad‡‡	a dhreachfadh / a ndreachfadh*	dhreachfaí / ndreachfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go ndreacha mé; go ndreachad†	go ndreacha tú; go ndreachair†	go ndreacha sé, sí	go ndreachaimid; go ndreacha muid	go ndreacha sibh	go ndreacha siad; go ndreachaid†	—	go ndreachtar
	past	dá ndreachainn	dá ndreachtá	dá ndreachadh sé, sí	dá ndreachaimis; dá ndreachadh muid	dá ndreachadh sibh	dá ndreachaidís; dá ndreachadh siad	—	dá ndreachtaí
imperative		dreachaim	dreach	dreachadh sé, sí	dreachaimis	dreachaigí; dreachaidh†	dreachaidís	—	dreachtar
verbal noun		dreachadh
past participle		dreachta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of dreach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dreach	dhreach	ndreach

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dreach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dreach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “dreach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish drech (“face, surface”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ɾɛx/

Noun

dreach m (genitive singular dreacha, plural dreachan)

1. draft, version
2. form, appearance
3. complexion, hue

Derived terms

• mì-dhreach (“deformity, disfiguration; bad look, unpleasant appearance, unpleasant exterior”)

Mutation

Mutation of dreach

radical	lenition
dreach	dhreach

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