dríodar

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

dríodar m (genitive singular dríodair)

1. lees, dregs
2. residue, sediment
3. slops, sludge
4. waste, refuse

Declension

Declension of dríodar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative dríodar Vocative a dhríodair Genitive dríodair Dative dríodar

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an dríodar Genitive an dríodair Dative leis an dríodar don dríodar

Derived terms

• dríodar airgid (“residue, small amount, of money”)
• dríodar bia (“leavings of food”)
• dríodar caife (“coffee-grounds”)
• dríodar cainte (“worthless talk, jargon”)
• dríodar méise, dríodar crúiscín (“sediment at bottom of vessel, of jug; remains of liquid in vessel, jug”)
• dríodar na ndaoine (“the dregs of the population”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dríodar	dhríodar	ndríodar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dríodar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dríodar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language