dréim

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See also: Dreim

Irish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dréim f (genitive singular dréime, nominative plural dréimeanna)

  1. verbal noun of dréim
    dréim in aiscevain expectation

Declension

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Derived terms

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Verb

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

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

Conjugation

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Mutation

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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

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dréim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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