draoi

Irish

Etymology

PIE word
*dóru

From Old Irish druï, druí (“druid; magician, wizard, diviner”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *druwits (literally either “tree-knower” or “firm knower”), the second element the same as in saoi (“sage”), daoi (“fool”), and Old Irish ainb (“ignorant”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic draoidh, Welsh derwydd, Cornish drewydh, Manx druaight, druaightagh, druaightys, Welsh dryw.

Pronunciation

Noun

draoi m (genitive singular draoi, nominative plural draoithe)

  1. druid
  2. wizard, magician
    1. wizard (one who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field)
    2. (computing) wizard
  3. augur, diviner

Declension

Declension of draoi (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative draoi draoithe
vocative a dhraoi a dhraoithe
genitive draoi draoithe
dative draoi draoithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an draoi na draoithe
genitive an draoi na ndraoithe
dative leis an draoi
don draoi 		leis na draoithe

Derived terms

  • bandraoi m (“druidess”)
  • draíocht f (“druidic art; magic, enchantment”)
  • draíodóir m (“magician”)
  • draoi tine m (“pyromancer”)
  • draoidín m (“dwarf”)
  • draoighonta (“enchanted”, adjective)
  • seandraoi m (“crafty old person”)

Noun

draoi m (genitive singular draoi)

  1. great number or amount

Declension

Declension of draoi (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative draoi
vocative a dhraoi
genitive draoi
dative draoi
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an draoi
genitive an draoi
dative leis an draoi
don draoi

Mutation

Mutated forms of draoi
radical lenition eclipsis
draoi dhraoi ndraoi

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “druí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 25, page 15
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 72
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 270, page 95

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