dréacht

Irish

Alternative forms

  • dréachd, dreucht (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish drécht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʲɾʲeːxt̪ˠ/

Noun

dréacht m (genitive singular dréachta, nominative plural dréachtaí or dréachta)

  1. draft (early version of a written work; preliminary sketch or outline; order for money to be paid)
  2. composition (work of music, literature or art), piece (artistic creation); (specifically) a particular poem, song, tale, story etc.
  3. tract (small booklet; brief treatise)
  4. (literary) portion, part, division
  5. (literary) number [with de ‘of’]

Declension

Declension of dréacht (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative dréacht dréachtaí
vocative a dhréacht a dhréachtaí
genitive dréachta dréachtaí
dative dréacht dréachtaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an dréacht na dréachtaí
genitive an dréachta na ndréachtaí
dative leis an dréacht
don dréacht 		leis na dréachtaí

Derived terms

  • dréacht molta
  • dréachtach
  • dréachtaigh
  • dréachtchonradh
  • dréachtín
  • dréachtóir
  • réamhdhréacht
  • rédhréacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of dréacht
radical lenition eclipsis
dréacht dhréacht ndréacht

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

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