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Irish
Etymology
Calque of English backpack and/or German Rucksack.
Noun
mála droma m (genitive singular mála dhroma, nominative plural málaí droma)
- backpack, haversack, knapsack, rucksack
Derived terms
Mutation
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| mála droma
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mhála droma
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mála”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “backpack”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “haversack”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “knapsack”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “rucksack”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “mála droma”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm