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dréim

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See also: Dreim

Irish

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Etymology

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Originally the verbal noun of Old Irish dringid,[1] from Proto-Celtic *drinx-sman. In modern Irish, the verb is from the noun.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dréim f (genitive singular dréime, nominative plural dréimeanna)

  1. verbal noun of dréim
    dréim in aiscevain expectation

Declension

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Declension of dréim (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative dréim dréimeanna
vocative a dhréim a dhréimeanna
genitive dréime dréimeanna
dative dréim dréimeanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an dréim na dréimeanna
genitive na dréime na ndréimeanna
dative leis an dréim
don dréim
leis na dréimeanna

Derived terms

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Verb

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dréim (present analytic dréimeann, future analytic dréimfidh, verbal noun dréim, past participle dréimthe)

  1. to expect [with le]
    Synonym: súil agat
  2. (literary) to climb, scale
    Synonym: dreap
  3. to contend, vie [with le ‘with’]
    Synonym: bí in iomaíocht
  4. to oppose [with le]
    Synonym: troid in aghaidh / i gcoinne / in éadan
  5. to strive [with le ‘after’]

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of dréim
radical lenition eclipsis
dréim dhréim ndréim

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dréim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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