drochaid
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish drochet, from droch (“wheel”) + sét (“path”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdrochaid f (genitive singular drochaide, plural drochaidean)
Derived terms
edit- balla drochaide (“parapet of a bridge”)
- bogha drochaide (“an arch”)
- drochaid-fhiodh (“wooden bridge”)
- drochaid-thogalach (“drawbridge”)
References
edit- Edward Dwelly (1911) “drochaid”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “drochet”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC