druí

Old Irish

Alternative forms
  • druï (disyllabic in early poetry)

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *druwits (“tree-knower”), from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) + *weyd- (“to know”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdruːi̯/

Noun

druí m (genitive druad, nominative plural druíd)

  1. druid, sorcerer

Inflection
Masculine d-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
druí druí
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/		 ndruí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “druí” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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