droichead

Irish

droichead

Etymology

From Old Irish drochet, from droch (“wheel”) + sét (“path”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠɛçəd̪ˠ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠɛhəd̪ˠ/, /ˈd̪ˠɾˠeːd̪ˠ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠeːd̪ˠ/, /ˈd̪ˠɾˠəid̪ˠ/

Noun

droichead m (genitive singular droichid, nominative plural droichid)

1. (architecture, nautical, music) bridge
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 70:

     vī mē mə hȧsə ŕ n̥ drehəd.

     conventional orthography: Bhí mé i mo sheasamh ar an droichead.

     I was standing on the bridge.

Declension

Declension of droichead

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative droichead droichid Vocative a dhroichid a dhroicheada Genitive droichid droichead Dative droichead droichid

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an droichead na droichid Genitive an droichid na ndroichead Dative leis an droichead don droichead leis na droichid

Derived terms

• déanamh droichead, tógáil droichead (“bridge-building”)
• deic droichid (“bridge deck”)
• doladhroichead, droichead dola, droichead custaim (“toll bridge”)
• droichead ardaithe (“lift bridge”)
• droichead canála (“canal bridge”)
• droichead coise, droichead coisithe (“footbridge”)
• droichead crochta (“suspension bridge”)
• droichead dronnach (“humpback bridge”)
• droichead lúdrach, luascdhroichead (“swing bridge”)
• droichead meáite (“weighbridge”)
• droichead pontúin (“pontoon bridge”)
• droichead rópa (“rope bridge”)
• droichead slabhra (“chain bridge”)
• droichead sróine (“bridge of the nose”)
• droichead starrmhaide (“cantilever bridge”)
• droichead talún (“land bridge”)
• droichead tógála (“drawbridge, lift bridge”)
• droicheadú (“bridging”) (climbing technique)
• súil droichid, áirse droichid (“bridge arch”)
• tógálaí droichead (“bridge builder”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
droichead	dhroichead	ndroichead
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “droichead”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “drochet”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 37
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “droichead”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “droichead”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024