# dreach
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish drech (“face, surface”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʲɾʲax/

### Noun

dreach m (genitive singular dreacha, nominative plural dreacha)
* facial appearance
* look, expression
* aspect
* face

#### Declension

Third declension

#### Derived terms

* bailedhreach (“townscape”)
* tírdhreach (“landscape”)

### Noun

dreach f (genitive singular dreiche)
* (literary) front

#### Declension

Second declension

### Verb

dreach (present analytic dreachann, future analytic dreachfaidh, verbal noun dreachadh, past participle dreachta)
* (transitive) delineate, portray
* (transitive, theater) make up

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | dreachaim | dreachann tú; dreachair$^†$ | dreachann sé, sí | dreachaimid | dreachann sibh | dreachann siad; dreachaid$^†$ | a dhreachann; a dhreachas / a ndreachann* | dreachtar |
| indicative | past | dhreach mé; dhreachas | dhreach tú; dhreachais | dhreach sé, sí | dhreachamar; dhreach muid | dhreach sibh; dhreachabhair | dhreach siad; dhreachadar | a dhreach / ar dhreach* | dreachadh |
| indicative | past habitual | dhreachainn / ndreachainn‡‡ | dhreachtá / ndreachtá‡‡ | dhreachadh sé, sí / ndreachadh sé, sí‡‡ | dhreachaimis; dhreachadh muid / ndreachaimis‡‡; ndreachadh muid‡‡ | dhreachadh sibh / ndreachadh sibh‡‡ | dhreachaidís; dhreachadh siad / ndreachaidís‡‡; ndreachadh siad‡‡ | a dhreachadh / a ndreachadh* | dhreachtaí / ndreachtaí‡‡ |
| future | future | dreachfaidh mé; dreachfad | dreachfaidh tú; dreachfair$^†$ | dreachfaidh sé, sí | dreachfaimid; dreachfaidh muid | dreachfaidh sibh | dreachfaidh siad; dreachfaid$^†$ | a dhreachfaidh; a dhreachfas / a ndreachfaidh* | dreachfar |
| conditional | conditional | dhreachfainn / ndreachfainn‡‡ | dhreachfá / ndreachfá‡‡ | dhreachfadh sé, sí / ndreachfadh sé, sí‡‡ | dhreachfaimis; dhreachfadh muid / ndreachfaimis‡‡; ndreachfadh muid‡‡ | dhreachfadh sibh / ndreachfadh sibh‡‡ | dhreachfaidís; dhreachfadh siad / ndreachfaidís‡‡; ndreachfadh siad‡‡ | a dhreachfadh / a ndreachfadh* | dhreachfaí / ndreachfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go ndreacha mé; go ndreachad$^†$ | go ndreacha tú; go ndreachair$^†$ | go ndreacha sé, sí | go ndreachaimid; go ndreacha muid | go ndreacha sibh | go ndreacha siad; go ndreachaid$^†$ | — | go ndreachtar |
| subjunctive | past | dá ndreachainn | dá ndreachtá | dá ndreachadh sé, sí | dá ndreachaimis; dá ndreachadh muid | dá ndreachadh sibh | dá ndreachaidís; dá ndreachadh siad | — | dá ndreachtaí |
| imperative | imperative | dreachaim | dreach | dreachadh sé, sí | dreachaimis | dreachaigí; dreachaidh$^†$ | dreachaidís | — | dreachtar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | dreachadh | dreachadh | dreachadh | dreachadh | dreachadh | dreachadh | dreachadh | dreachadh |
| past participle | past participle | dreachta | dreachta | dreachta | dreachta | dreachta | dreachta | dreachta | dreachta |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 drech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 87

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dreach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dreach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “dreach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish drech (“face, surface”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t̪ɾɛx/

### Noun

dreach m (genitive singular dreacha, plural dreachan)
* draft, version
* form, appearance
* complexion, hue

#### Derived terms

* mì-dhreach (“deformity, disfiguration; bad look, unpleasant appearance, unpleasant exterior”)

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 drech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language