droim

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish druimm.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

droim m (genitive singular droma, nominative plural dromanna or dramanna)

  1. (anatomy) back
  2. (geography) ridge

Declension

Declension of droim (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative droim dromanna
vocative a dhroim a dhromanna
genitive droma dromanna
dative droim dromanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an droim na dromanna
genitive an droma na ndromanna
dative leis an droim
don droim 		leis na dromanna
  • Alternative plural: dramanna (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

  • aorta droma (“dorsal aorta”)
  • caol an droma (“small of the back”)
  • caoldroim (“small of back; sirloin; narrow ridge”)
  • clipe droma (“spine”)
  • cnámh droma (“backbone”)
  • Cora Droma Rúisc (“Carrick-on-Shannon”)
  • dícear droimbhuí (“yellow-backed duiker”)
  • droim ar ais (“back to front”)
  • droim thar droim (“topsy turvy”)
  • eire droma (“back-load”)
  • eite droma (“dorsal fin”)
  • faoileán droma duibh (“black-backed gull”)
  • fleasc droma (“spinal column, spine”)
  • giarsa droma (“(tail) boom”)
  • lot droma (“back injury”)
  • mála droma (“rucksack”)
  • rópa droma (“head-rope”)
  • slabhra droma (“straddle chain”)
  • slat droma (“backbone”)
  • snáithe an droma (“the spinal cord”)
  • snámh droma (“backstroke”)
  • sníomh droma (“back-strain”)
  • tinneas droma (“backache”)
  • ualach droma (“back-load”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of droim
radical lenition eclipsis
droim dhroim ndroim

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “druim(m)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 70
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 297, page 105

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