draoidh
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- druidh
- drùidh
Etymology
From Old Irish druï, druí (“druid; magician, wizard, diviner”) (compare Irish draoi), from Proto-Celtic *dru-wid- (“tree-knower”) (compare Welsh dryw), from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) + *weyd- (“to know”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /drɯj/
Noun
draoidh m (genitive singular draoidh, plural draoidhean)
- (dated or historical) druid
- sorcerer, wizard, magician, conjurer
- philosopher
- morose person
- wizard (computing program)
- a priest, magician, or soothsayer in the ancient Celtic religion.
Synonyms
- (sorcerer): buidseach
Derived terms
- draoidheachd f (“sorcery, druidism, magic”)
- eun-druidh m (“augur”)
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “draoidh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “druí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language