"draoidh" meaning in All languages combined

See draoidh on Wiktionary

Noun [Scottish Gaelic]

Forms: draoidh [genitive, singular], draoidhean [plural], druidh [alternative], drùidh [alternative]
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”). Etymology templates: {{root|gd|ine-pro|*weyd-}}, {{inh|gd|sga|druï, druí||druid; magician, wizard, diviner}} Old Irish druï, druí (“druid; magician, wizard, diviner”), {{cog|ga|draoi}} Irish draoi, {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*druwits|*dru-wid-|tree-knower}} Proto-Celtic *dru-wid- (“tree-knower”), {{cog|cy|dryw}} Welsh dryw, {{der|gd|ine-pro|*dóru||tree}} Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|draoidh|||||||plural|draoidhean||||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=genpl|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} draoidh m (genitive singular draoidh, plural draoidhean), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=draoidh|pl=draoidhean}} draoidh m (genitive singular draoidh, plural draoidhean)
  1. (dated or historical) druid Tags: dated, historical, masculine
    Sense id: en-draoidh-gd-noun-f~K032t~
  2. sorcerer, wizard, magician, conjurer Tags: masculine Synonyms (sorcerer): buidseach
    Sense id: en-draoidh-gd-noun-LbZClaXM Disambiguation of 'sorcerer': 0 67 0 0 33 0
  3. philosopher Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-draoidh-gd-noun-VCvOSngM
  4. morose person Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-draoidh-gd-noun-UJdZClcD Categories (other): Occupations Disambiguation of Occupations: 8 6 12 41 27 5
  5. wizard (computing program) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-draoidh-gd-noun-bCOvXrGX Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header, Computing Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 23 8 7 34 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 16 6 5 54 12 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 5 20 6 10 41 19 Disambiguation of Computing: 2 16 2 2 77 2
  6. a priest, magician, or soothsayer in the ancient Celtic religion. Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-draoidh-gd-noun-NpiE9Nrp Categories (other): Religion Disambiguation of Religion: 23 13 0 0 15 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: draoidheachd (english: sorcery, druidism, magic) [feminine], eun-druidh (english: augur) [masculine]
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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