Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish druimmchlae (“roof, ridge, raised surface”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɾˠɔmˠxlˠə/
Noun
dromchla m (genitive singular dromchla, nominative plural dromchlaí)
- surface
Declension
Declension of dromchla (fourth declension)
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of dromchla
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lenition
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eclipsis
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dhromchla
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ndromchla
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- “dromchla”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “druimchlae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dromchla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN