drúcht

Irish

Alternative forms

• driucht, driúcht, driuchta, driúchta, drúchta
• driúchd, drúchd, drúchda (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish drúcht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾuːxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɾʲuːxt̪ˠə/ (corresponding to the alternative form driúchta)

Noun

drúcht m (genitive singular drúchta)

1. dew (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc.)

Declension

Declension of drúcht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative drúcht Vocative a dhrúcht Genitive drúchta Dative drúcht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an drúcht Genitive an drúchta Dative leis an drúcht don drúcht

Derived terms

• cupán drúchta
• drúcht meala
• drúchtín
• drúchtlinn
• drúchtmhar
• drúchtphointe
• seilide drúchta
• síod-drúcht

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
drúcht	dhrúcht	ndrúcht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “drúcht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “drúcht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “drúċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 264
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 72
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “drúcht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 44

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• drúct

Etymology

Possibly related to Old English dropa, Old Norse dropi (“a drop”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /druːxt/

Noun

drúcht m (genitive drúchta)

1. dew (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc.)

Declension

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	drúcht	drúchtL	drúchtaeH
Vocative	drúcht	drúchtL	drúchtu
Accusative	drúchtN	drúchtL	drúchtu
Genitive	drúchtoH, drúchtaH	drúchtoL, drúchtaL	drúchtaeN
Dative	drúchtL	drúchtaib	drúchtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: drúcht
• Scottish Gaelic: driùchd

Mutation

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

Further reading

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