draoi
Irish
editEtymology
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*dóru |
From Old Irish druï, druí (“druid; magician, wizard, diviner”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *druwits (literally either “tree-knower” or “firm knower”), the second element the same as in saoi (“sage”), daoi (“fool”), and Old Irish ainb (“ignorant”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic draoidh, Welsh derwydd, Cornish drewydh, Manx druaight, druaightagh, druaightys, Welsh dryw.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdraoi m (genitive singular draoi, nominative plural draoithe)
- druid
- wizard, magician
- wizard (one who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field)
- (computing) wizard
- augur, diviner
Declension
editDeclension of draoi
Derived terms
edit- bandraoi m (“druidess”)
- draíocht f (“druidic art; magic, enchantment”)
- draíodóir m (“magician”)
- draoi tine m (“pyromancer”)
- draoidín m (“midget”)
- draoighonta (“enchanted”, adjective)
- seandraoi m (“crafty old person”)
Noun
editdraoi m (genitive singular draoi)
Declension
editDeclension of draoi
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
draoi | dhraoi | ndraoi |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “druí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 72
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 95
Further reading
edit- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “draoi”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “draoi”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “draoi”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “draoi”, in The National Terminology Database for Irish, Fiontar & Scoil na Gaeilge, DCU and Foras na Gaeilge, 2006–2024
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *dóru
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- ga:Computing
- Irish fourth-declension nouns
- ga:Occult
- ga:People
- ga:Religion