dreancaid

Irish

Alternative forms

  • deargnad, deargnaid, deargnait, dearnad, dearnait

Etymology

From Old Irish dergnat.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲaŋkədʲ/

Noun

dreancaid f (genitive singular dreancaide, nominative plural dreancaidí)

  1. flea

Declension

Declension of dreancaid (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative dreancaid dreancaida
vocative a dhreancaid a dhreancaida
genitive dreancaide dreancaid
dative dreancaid dreancaida
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an dreancaid na dreancaida
genitive na dreancaide na ndreancaid
dative leis an dreancaid
don dreancaid 		leis na dreancaida

Derived terms

  • dreancaid mhara (“sand flea”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dreancaid
radical lenition eclipsis
dreancaid dhreancaid ndreancaid

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dergnat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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