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droichead
droichead
Irish
droichead
Noun
droichead m (genitive singular droichid, nominative plural droichid)
- (architecture, nautical, music) bridge
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 70:
- vī mē mə hȧsə ŕ n̥ drehəd.
- conventional orthography: Bhí mé i mo sheasamh ar an droichead.
- I was standing on the bridge.
- conventional orthography: Bhí mé i mo sheasamh ar an droichead.
- vī mē mə hȧsə ŕ n̥ drehəd.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 70:
Declension
Declension of droichead
First declension
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Derived terms
- droichead sróine (“bridge of the nose”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| droichead | dhroichead | ndroichead |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “drochet” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “droiċead” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1975, The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 37.
- "droichead" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.