dréacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• dréachd, dreucht (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish drécht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲɾʲeːxt̪ˠ/

Noun

dréacht m (genitive singular dréachta, nominative plural dréachtaí or dréachta)

1. draft (early version of a written work; preliminary sketch or outline; order for money to be paid)
2. composition (work of music, literature or art), piece (artistic creation); (specifically) a particular poem, song, tale, story etc.
3. tract (small booklet; brief treatise)
4. (literary) portion, part, division
5. (literary) number [+ de (object) = of]

Declension

Declension of dréacht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative dréacht dréachtaí Vocative a dhréacht a dhréachtaí Genitive dréachta dréachtaí Dative dréacht dréachtaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an dréacht na dréachtaí Genitive an dréachta na ndréachtaí Dative leis an dréacht don dréacht leis na dréachtaí

Derived terms

• dréacht molta
• dréachtach
• dréachtaigh
• dréachtchonradh
• dréachtín
• dréachtóir
• réamhdhréacht
• rédhréacht

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dréacht	dhréacht	ndréacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “dréacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “drécht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dréaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 259
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 87
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dréacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN