drùiseach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish drúisech (“lustful, unchaste”); synchronically drùis (“licentiousness, lust”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɾuːʃax/

Adjective

drùiseach (genitive singular masculine drùisich)

1. licentious, lustful

   Synonyms: baoiseach, draosda, drùiseil

Noun

drùiseach m (genitive singular drùisich, plural drùisich)

1. lecher

   Synonyms: drùisear, drùisire

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
drùiseach	dhrùiseach
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), “drúisech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language