draoi

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Irish

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Etymology

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PIE word
*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

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Noun

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draoi m (genitive singular draoi, nominative plural draoithe)

  1. druid
  2. wizard, magician
    1. wizard (one who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field)
    2. (computing) wizard
  3. augur, diviner

Declension

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Derived terms

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Noun

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draoi m (genitive singular draoi)

  1. great number or amount

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
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

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “druí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 72
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 95

Further reading

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