drachtig
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch drachtich. Equivalent to dracht + -ig. Compare Danish drægtig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdrɑx.təx/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: drach‧tig
- Rhymes: -ɑxtəx
Adjective
drachtig (not comparable)
- (now exclusively of animals, formerly also of women) gestating, pregnant
Inflection
| Inflection of drachtig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | drachtig | |||
| inflected | drachtige | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | drachtig | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | drachtige | ||
| n. sing. | drachtig | |||
| plural | drachtige | |||
| definite | drachtige | |||
| partitive | drachtigs | |||
Synonyms
- (of women) zwanger, in verwachting