draig
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish draic, from Proto-Brythonic *drėg, earlier Proto-Celtic *drakū, from Latin dracō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
draig f (genitive singular draige)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| draig | dhraig | ndraig |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh dreic, from Proto-Brythonic *drėg, earlier *drakū, from Latin dracō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
draig f (plural dreigiau)
Derived terms edit
- dreigiol (“pertaining to dragons, dragonlike”)
- tafod y ddraig (“adder's-tongue fern”)
- Y Ddraig Goch (“The Red Dragon”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| draig | ddraig | nraig | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||