Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
dretch en · VERB · etymology 1
Etymology
From Middle English dretchen, drecchen, drechen, from Old English dreċċan (“to vex, irritate, trouble, torment, torture, oppress, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *drakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *drakjaną (“to torment”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrag-, *dʰragʰ- (“to bother, torment”). Cognate with Russian раздража́ть (razdražátʹ, “to irritate”), Sanskrit द्राघते (drāghate, “to exert oneself, be tired, torment”).
Meanings
(obsolete, transitive) To vex; grill; trouble; oppress.
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dretches
Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres
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dretched
Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part
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dretched
Tense=Past
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dretching
Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part
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dretch en · NOUN · etymology 2
Etymology
From Middle English dretchen, drecchen, drechen, from Old English *dreċċan (“to draw out, delay, linger”), from Proto-West Germanic *drakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *drakjaną (“to draw, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ- (“to pull, drag, scratch”). Cognate with Scots dratch, dretch (“to dawdle”), Dutch trekken (“to draw, pull, tear, pluck, trek”), German trecken (“to draw, trek”), Danish trække (“to draw, pull”), Norwegian dråk (“stripe”), Swedish dialectal drakig (“striped, streaked”), Icelandic rák (“streak”).
Meanings
An idle wench; a slattern.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal) A person slow in the execution of a job; a dawdler.
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draitch
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drich
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dretches
Number=Plur
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dretch en · VERB · etymology 2
Etymology
From Middle English dretchen, drecchen, drechen, from Old English *dreċċan (“to draw out, delay, linger”), from Proto-West Germanic *drakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *drakjaną (“to draw, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreǵ- (“to pull, drag, scratch”). Cognate with Scots dratch, dretch (“to dawdle”), Dutch trekken (“to draw, pull, tear, pluck, trek”), German trecken (“to draw, trek”), Danish trække (“to draw, pull”), Norwegian dråk (“stripe”), Swedish dialectal drakig (“striped, streaked”), Icelandic rák (“streak”).
Meanings
(intransitive, obsolete) To delay; linger; tarry.
(Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To move slowly and heavily; dawdle; loiter.