dreancaid

Irish

dreancaid

Alternative forms

• deargnad, deargnaid, deargnait, dearnad, dearnait

Etymology

From Old Irish dergnat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɾʲaŋkədʲ/

Noun

dreancaid f (genitive singular dreancaide, nominative plural dreancaidí)

1. flea

Declension

Declension of dreancaid (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative dreancaid dreancaidí vocative a dhreancaid a dhreancaidí genitive dreancaide dreancaidí dative dreancaid dreancaidí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an dreancaid na dreancaidí genitive na dreancaide na ndreancaidí dative leis an dreancaid don dreancaid leis na dreancaidí

Derived terms

• dreancaid mhara (“sand flea”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dreancaid

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dreancaid	dhreancaid	ndreancaid

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “deargnait”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 231
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “dreancaid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 260
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “dreancaid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN