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:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative droim dromanna
Vocative a dhroim a dhromanna
Genitive droma dromanna
Dative droim dromanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case 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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
droim dhroim ndroim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “druim(m)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 70
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 297, page 105

Further reading
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