droichead

Irish

droichead

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠʌhəd̪ˠ/
(Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠɛhəd̪ˠ/, /ˈd̪ˠɾˠeːd̪ˠ/
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠeːd̪ˠ/, /ˈd̪ˠɾˠəid̪ˠ/

Noun

droichead m (genitive singular droichid, nominative plural droichid)

(architecture, nautical, music) bridge
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 70:
  vī mē mə hȧsə ŕ n̥ drehəd.
  Bhí mé i mo sheasamh ar an droichead. (conventional orthography)
  I was standing on the bridge.

Declension

Declension of droichead

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	droichead	droichid
Vocative	a dhroichid	a dhroicheada
Genitive	droichid	droichead
Dative	droichead	droichid

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an droichead	na droichid
Genitive	an droichid	na ndroichead
Dative	leis an droichead don droichead	leis na droichid

Derived terms

áirse droichid (“bridge arch”)
deic droichid (“bridge deck”)
doladhroichead (“toll bridge”)
droichead ardaithe (“lift bridge”)
droichead canála (“canal bridge”)
droichead coise (“footbridge”)
droichead coisithe (“footbridge”)
droichead crochta (“suspension bridge”)
droichead custaim (“toll bridge”)
droichead dola (“toll bridge”)
droichead dronnach (“humpback bridge”)
droichead lúdrach (“swing bridge”)
droichead meáite (“weighbridge”)
droichead pontúin (“pontoon bridge”)
droichead rópa (“rope bridge”)
droichead slabhra (“chain bridge”)
droichead sróine (“bridge of the nose”)
droichead starrmhaide (“cantilever bridge”)
droichead talún (“land bridge”)
droichead tógála (“drawbridge, lift bridge”)
droicheadú (“bridging (climbing technique)”)
luascdhroichead (“swing bridge”)
súil droichid (“bridge arch”)
tógálaí droichead (“bridge builder”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
droichead	dhroichead	ndroichead
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “droichead”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “drochet”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “droiċead”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 263
Entries containing “droichead” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 70.
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 37
Entries containing “droichead” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 36
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 50

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