droim

Irish

Alternative forms

drom
druim (dated)

Etymology

From Old Irish druimm.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Galway) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠiːmʲ/^[2]
(Ulster, Mayo) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠɪmʲ/^[3]

Noun

droim m (genitive singular droma, nominative plural dromanna or dramanna)

(anatomy) back
(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

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “druim(m)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 70
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 297, page 105

Further reading

Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “drom”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 264
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “druim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 265
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “droim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “droim”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“droim”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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