drochaid

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish drochet, from droch (“wheel”) + sét (“path”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ɾɔxɪtʲ/

Noun

drochaid f (genitive singular drochaide, plural drochaidean)

1. (architecture, nautical) bridge

Derived terms

• balla drochaide (“parapet of a bridge”)
• bogha drochaide (“an arch”)
• drochaid-fhiodh (“wooden bridge”)
• drochaid-thogalach (“drawbridge”)

 

References

• 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