See also: Dreim

Irish edit

Etymology edit

Originally the verbal noun of Old Irish dringid,[1] from Proto-Celtic *drinx-sman. In modern Irish, the verb is from the noun.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dréim f (genitive singular dréime, nominative plural dréimeanna)

  1. verbal noun of dréim
    dréim in aiscevain expectation

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

dréim (present analytic dréimeann, future analytic dréimfidh, verbal noun dréim, past participle dréimthe)

  1. to expect [+ le (object)]
    Synonym: súil agat
  2. (literary) to climb, scale
    Synonym: dreap
  3. to contend, vie [+ le (object) = with]
    Synonym: bí in iomaíocht
  4. to oppose [+ le (object)]
    Synonym: troid in aghaidh / i gcoinne / in éadan
  5. to strive [+ le (object) = after]

Conjugation edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dréim dhréim ndréim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dréim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading edit