draid

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪ˠɾˠadʲ/[2]
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /d̪ˠɾˠɑd̪ˠ/[3] (corresponding to the form drad)

Noun

draid f (genitive singular draide, nominative plural draideanna)

  1. (snarling) grin
  2. jaws (of a vice, of an aggressive animal, etc.)
  3. mouth showing teeth

Declension

Declension of draid (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative draid draideanna
vocative a dhraid a dhraideanna
genitive draide draideanna
dative draid draideanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an draid na draideanna
genitive na draide na ndraideanna
dative leis an draid
don draid
leis na draideanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of draid
radical lenition eclipsis
draid dhraid ndraid

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

References

  1. ^ draid”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 249, page 125
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 70

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