druí
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
- druï (disyllabic in early poetry)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *druwits (either “tree-knower” or “firm knower”), compare suí (“sage”), duí (“idiot, fool”), ainb (“ignorant”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
druí m (genitive druad, nominative plural druïd)
Inflection edit
Masculine d-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | druí | druïdL, druí | druïd |
Vocative | druí | druïdL, druí | druada |
Accusative | druïdN | druïdL, druí | druada |
Genitive | druad | druad | druadN |
Dative | druïdL | druadaib | druadaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
druí | druí pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/ |
ndruí |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “druí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language