droim

Irish

Alternative forms

• drom
• druim (dated)

Etymology

From Old Irish druimm.

Pronunciation

• (Galway) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠiːmʲ/
• (Ulster, Mayo) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠɪmʲ/

Noun

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

1. (anatomy) back
2. (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.

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