drúcht

Irish

Alternative forms

• driucht, driúcht, driuchta, driúchta, drúchta
• driúchd, drúchd, drúchda (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish drúcht.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠuːxt̪ˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠuːxt̪ˠ/; /ˈdʲɾʲuːxt̪ˠə/ (corresponding to the form driúchta)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɾʲuːxt̪ˠə/ (corresponding to the form driúchta)

Noun

drúcht m (genitive singular drúchta)

1. dew (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc.)

Declension

Declension of drúcht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative drúcht vocative a dhrúcht genitive drúchta dative drúcht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an drúcht genitive an drúchta dative leis an drúcht don drúcht

Derived terms

• cupán drúchta
• drúcht meala
• drúchtín
• drúchtlinn
• drúchtmhar
• drúchtphointe
• seilide drúchta
• síod-drúcht

Mutation

Mutated forms of drúcht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
drúcht	dhrúcht	ndrúcht

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “drúċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 264
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “drúcht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• drúct

Etymology

Possibly related to Old English dropa, Old Norse dropi (“a drop”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /druːxt/

Noun

drúcht m (genitive drúchta)

1. dew (moisture in the air that settles on plants, etc.)

Declension

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	drúcht	drúchtL	drúchtaeH
Vocative	drúcht	drúchtL	drúchtu
Accusative	drúchtN	drúchtL	drúchtu
Genitive	drúchtoH, drúchtaH	drúchtoL, drúchtaL	drúchtaeN
Dative	drúchtL	drúchtaib	drúchtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: drúcht
• Scottish Gaelic: driùchd

Mutation

Mutation of drúcht

radical	lenition	nasalization
drúcht	drúcht pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndrúcht

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “drúcht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language