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droim

droim

Irish

Alternative forms

druim (superseded)

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

Terms derived from droim

aorta droma ‎(“dorsal aorta”)
caol an droma ‎(“small of the back”)
caoldroim ‎(“small of back; sirloin; narrow ridge”)
clipe droma ‎(“spine”)
cnámh droma, slat droma ‎(“backbone”)
dícear droimbhuí ‎(“yellow-backed duiker”)
eire droma, ualach 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”)
snáithe an droma ‎(“the spinal cord”)
snámh droma ‎(“backstroke”)
sníomh droma ‎(“back-strain”)
tinneas droma ‎(“backache”)

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

“druim(m)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“drom” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
“druim” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 70.
"droim" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.