dréim

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See also: Dreim

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

dréim f (genitive singular dréime, nominative plural dréimeanna)

  1. verbal noun of dréim
    dréim in aiscevain expectation

Declension

Derived terms

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dréim dhréim ndréim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dréim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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