druimm

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *drosman, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ (end, boundary), the source of English tram, Proto-Germanic *þrumą (butt, block).[1] Or, possibly related to Latin dorsum (back, ridge).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

druimm n (genitive drommo, nominative plural drummai)

  1. back
  2. ridge

Inflection

Neuter i-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative druimmN druimmN drummaeL
Vocative druimmN druimmN drummaeL
Accusative druimmN druimmN drummaeL
Genitive drommoH, drommaH drommoH, drommaH drummaeN
Dative druimmL drummaib drummaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: droim
  • Manx: dreeym
  • Scottish Gaelic: druim

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
druimm druimm
pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/
ndruimm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “3110”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 3110
  2. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “druimm”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page druimm