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dreancaid

dreancaid

Irish

dreancaid

Alternative forms

deargnad
deargnaid
deargnait
dearnad
dearnait

Noun

dreancaid f ‎(genitive singular dreancaide, nominative plural dreancaidí)

flea

Declension

Declension of dreancaid

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dreancaid	dreancaida
Vocative	a dhreancaid	a dhreancaida
Genitive	dreancaide	dreancaid
Dative	dreancaid	dreancaida

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an dreancaid	na dreancaida
Genitive	na dreancaide	na ndreancaid
Dative	leis an dreancaid don dreancaid	leis na dreancaida

Derived terms

dreancaid mhara ‎(“sand flea”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dreancaid	dhreancaid	ndreancaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“dergnat” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“deargnaid” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
“dreancaid” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"dreancaid" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.