drúis

See also: drùis

Irish

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish drúis, from Old Irish drús (“hot-lust, desire”), from drúth (“wanton, unchaste”).

Noun

drúis f (genitive singular drúise)

  1. lust
    • 2010 October 25, “Na Cloigne”, in TG4‎:
      Dúnmharú, drúis, éad agus fórsaí dorcha osnádúrtha sa scannán ‘Na Cloigne’ ar 'Lá na Marbh'.
      Murder, lust, jealousy and dark supernatural forces are all to be found in the film 'Na Cloigne' on All Soul's Day.
Declension
Declension of drúis

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative drúis
Vocative a dhrúis
Genitive drúise
Dative drúis

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an drúis
Genitive na drúise
Dative leis an drúis

don drúis

Etymology 2

Noun

drúis m

  1. inflection of drús:
    1. vocative and genitive singular
    2. nominative and dative plural

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

Old Irish

Noun

drúis f

  1. Alternative form of drús

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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