droim

Irish

Alternative forms

• drom (Munster)
• druim (dated)

Etymology

From Old Irish druimm.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) (corresponding to drom)

  (Waterford) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠəumˠ/

  (Cork) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠoumˠ/

  (Kerry) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠɑumˠ/

• (Connacht)

  (Galway) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠiːmʲ/

  (Mayo) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠimʲ/

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠɨmʲ/

Noun

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

1. back (the rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly)
2. ridge (chain of mountains or hills)

Declension

Declension of droim (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative droim dromanna vocative a dhroim a dhromanna genitive droma dromanna dative droim dromanna forms with the definite article 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

Mutated forms of droim

radical	lenition	eclipsis
droim	dhroim	ndroim

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

References

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, 2013–2026