dhrum

English

Etymology

From standard drum.

Pronunciation

• (Mid-Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪͆ɹɔ̈m/

Noun

dhrum (plural dhrums)

1. (Mid-Ulster) drum
   • 1852, Dinny Blake, The Sprig of Shillelah, page 299:

     In the noise of the dhrum dhrowning love's botheration.

   • 1964, G. Brendan Adams, Ulster Dialects. An Introductory Symposium, page 2:

     (dhrum for drum)

   • 1996, C.I. Macafee, Concise Ulster Dictionary, page xi:

     often have considerable aspiration and a rolled or flapped r sounding like dhrum, thractor