drochaid
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish drochet, from droch (“wheel”) + sét (“path”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈd̪̊ɾɔxɪtʲ/, /ˈd̪̊ɾɔhɪtʲ/[1]
- (North Uist) IPA(key): /ˈd̪̊ɾɔxɛtʲ/[2]
- (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈd̪̊ɾɔxətʲ/[3]
Noun
[edit]drochaid f (genitive singular drochaide, plural drochaidean)
Derived terms
[edit]- balla drochaide (“parapet of a bridge”)
- bogha drochaide (“an arch”)
- drochaid-fhiodh (“wooden bridge”)
- drochaid-thogalach (“drawbridge”)
References
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “drochaid”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “drochet”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[2], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap