droichead

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish drochet, from droch (“wheel”) + sét (“path”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠʌhəd̪ˠ/[2]
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠɛhəd̪ˠ/, /ˈd̪ˠɾˠeːd̪ˠ/[3]
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠeːd̪ˠ/, /ˈd̪ˠɾˠəid̪ˠ/[4]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠɛçəd̪ˠ/[5]

Noun

droichead m (genitive singular droichid, nominative plural droichid)

  1. (architecture, nautical, music) bridge
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 70:
      vī mē mə hȧsə ŕ n̥ drehəd.
      [Bhí mé i mo sheasamh ar an droichead.]
      I was standing on the bridge.

Declension

Declension of droichead (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative droichead droichid
vocative a dhroichid a dhroicheada
genitive droichid droichead
dative droichead droichid
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an droichead na droichid
genitive an droichid na ndroichead
dative leis an droichead
don droichead 		leis na droichid

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of droichead
radical lenition eclipsis
droichead dhroichead ndroichead

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), “drochet”, 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, § 90, page 50
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 70
  4. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 37
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 89, page 36

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