dréim

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

dréim f (genitive singular dréime, nominative plural dréimeanna)

  1. verbal noun of dréim
    dréim in aiscevain expectation

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

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

Conjugation[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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[edit]

  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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