druí

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• druï (disyllabic in early poetry)

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *druwits (either “tree-knower” or “firm knower”), compare suí (“sage”), duí (“idiot, fool”), ainb (“ignorant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdruːi̯/

Noun

druí m (genitive druad, nominative plural druïd)

1. druid, sorcerer

Inflection

Masculine d-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	druí	druïdL, druí	druïd
Vocative	druí	druïdL, druí	druada
Accusative	druïdN	druïdL, druí	druada
Genitive	druad	druad	druadN
Dative	druïdL	druadaib	druadaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: draoi
• ⇒ Manx: druaight (via druídecht)
• Scottish Gaelic: draoidh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
druí	druí pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndruí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “druí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language