drong

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English

Noun

drong (plural drongs)

  1. (obsolete, dialect, Shetland, Orkney) A rock that rises from the sea.
    • 1870, B. F. De Costa, “Grand Menan: A Summer Reminiscence”, in Hours at Home, Volume 11‎, page 226:
      Among the fanciful rock forms at this place is the "Old Maid ", a colossal drong resembling the form of a woman.

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɔŋ

Verb

drong

  1. singular past indicative of dringen

Anagrams

Faroese

Pronunciation

Noun

drong

  1. indefinite accusative singular of drongur

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish drong, from Proto-Celtic *drungos.

Pronunciation

Noun

drong f (genitive singular droinge, nominative plural dronga or dronganna)

  1. body of people; group, set, faction; some
  2. multitude, throng

Declension

Declension of drong (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative drong dronga
vocative a dhrong a dhronga
genitive droinge dronga
dative drong dronga
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an drong na dronga
genitive na droinge na ndronga
dative leis an drong
don drong 		leis na dronga
Alternative declension
Declension of drong (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative drong dronganna
vocative a dhrong a dhronganna
genitive droinge dronganna
dative drong dronganna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an drong na dronganna
genitive na droinge na ndronganna
dative leis an drong
don drong 		leis na dronganna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of drong
radical lenition eclipsis
drong dhrong ndrong

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 72
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 302, page 106

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