drochaid

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈd̪̊ɾɔxɪtʲ/, /ˈd̪̊ɾɔhɪtʲ/[1]
  • (North Uist) IPA(key): /ˈd̪̊ɾɔxɛtʲ/[2]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈd̪̊ɾɔxətʲ/[3]

Noun

drochaid f (genitive singular drochaide, plural drochaidean)

  1. (architecture, nautical) bridge

Derived terms

  • balla drochaide (“parapet of a bridge”)
  • bogha drochaide (“an arch”)
  • drochaid-fhiodh (“wooden bridge”)
  • drochaid-thogalach (“drawbridge”)

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “drochaid”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “drochet”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[2], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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