dreach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish drech (“face, countenance; front; surface”).
Noun 1
dreach m (genitive singular dreacha, nominative plural dreacha)
Declension
Declension of dreach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- bailedhreach (“townscape”)
- tírdhreach (“landscape”)
Noun 2
dreach f (genitive singular dreiche, nominative plural dreacha)
Declension
Declension of dreach
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Verb
dreach (present analytic dreachann, future analytic dreachfaidh, verbal noun dreachadh, past participle dreachta)
Conjugation
conjugation of dreach (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dreach | dhreach | ndreach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dreach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 drech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dreach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “dreach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
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Noun
dreach m (genitive singular dreacha, plural dreachan)
Derived terms
- mì-dhreach (“deformity, disfiguration; bad look, unpleasant appearance, unpleasant exterior”)
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
dreach | dhreach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
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