drud
Irish
Etymology
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Noun
drud m (genitive singular druid)
- Used in negative idiomatic expressions to mean 'the slightest noise'.
Declension
Declension of drud
First declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| drud | dhrud | ndrud |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “drud”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh drut, from Proto-Brythonic *drʉd, from Proto-Celtic *drūtos.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /drɨːd/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /driːd/
- Rhymes: -ɨːd
Adjective
drud (feminine singular drud, plural drudion, equative dryted, comparative drutach, superlative drutaf)
- expensive
- Mae'n rhy ddrud i fi.
- It is too expensive for me.
- 2018 March 13, National Assembly for Wales, plenary session 13 March 2018 para 109:
- Dywedodd ei bod ddwywaith cyn ddryted â gorsaf bŵer niwclear Hinkley Point C.
- He said that it is twice as expensive as Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.
- daring, brave, foolish
- furious, grievous, painful
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| drud | ddrud | nrud | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “drud”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN