lúdrach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lúdrach, lúthrach (“hinge, pivot, bolt (of doors)”), from lúth (“moving, movement, motion”).

Noun

lúdrach f (genitive singular lúdraí, nominative plural lúdracha)

1. hinge, pivot

Declension

Declension of lúdrach (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative lúdrach lúdracha vocative a lúdrach a lúdracha genitive lúdraí lúdrach dative lúdrach lúdracha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an lúdrach na lúdracha genitive na lúdraí na lúdrach dative leis an lúdrach don lúdrach leis na lúdracha

Derived terms

• droichead lúdrach (“swing bridge”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of lúdrach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
lúdrach	not applicable	not applicable

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) “lúdrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lúdrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lúthrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “lúdrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “lúdrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024