draoi

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish druï, druí (“druid; magician, wizard, diviner”), from Proto-Celtic *dru-wid- (literally “tree-knower”), from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) + *weyd- (“to know”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic draoidh, Manx druaight, druaightagh, druaightys, Welsh dryw.

Noun

draoi m (genitive singular draoi, nominative plural draoithe)

  1. druid
  2. wizard, magician
  3. diviner
  4. trickster

Declension
Declension of draoi

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative draoi draoithe
Vocative a dhraoi a dhraoithe
Genitive draoi draoithe
Dative draoi draoithe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an draoi na draoithe
Genitive an draoi na ndraoithe
Dative leis an draoi

don draoi

 leis na draoithe

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
draoi dhraoi ndraoi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "draoi" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “druí” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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