dreancaid

Irish

dreancaid

Alternative forms

• deargnad, deargnaid, deargnait, dearnad, dearnait

Etymology

From Old Irish dergnat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɾʲaŋkədʲ/

Noun

dreancaid f (genitive singular dreancaide, nominative plural dreancaidí)

1. flea

Declension

Declension of dreancaid (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative dreancaid dreancaida vocative a dhreancaid a dhreancaida genitive dreancaide dreancaid dative dreancaid dreancaida forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an dreancaid na dreancaida genitive na dreancaide na ndreancaid dative leis an dreancaid don dreancaid leis na dreancaida

Derived terms

• dreancaid mhara (“sand flea”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dreancaid

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dreancaid	dhreancaid	ndreancaid

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dergnat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “deargnait”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 231
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dreancaid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 260
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dreancaid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN