lúdrach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lúdrach, lúthrach (“hinge, pivot, bolt (of doors)”), from lúth (“moving, movement, motion”).

Noun

lúdrach f (genitive singular lúdraí, nominative plural lúdracha)

1. hinge, pivot

Declension

Declension of lúdrach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative lúdrach lúdracha Vocative a lúdrach a lúdracha Genitive lúdraí lúdrach Dative lúdrach lúdracha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an lúdrach na lúdracha Genitive na lúdraí na lúdrach Dative leis an lúdrach don lúdrach leis na lúdracha

Derived terms

• droichead lúdrach (“swing bridge”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
lúdrach	not applicable	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lúdrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lúdrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lúthrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “lúdrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “lúdrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024