dréimire

Irish

Alternative forms

  • dréimide, dréimre

Etymology

From Middle Irish dréimire.[1] By surface analysis, dréim (“a climb, ascent”) +‎ -ire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲɾʲeːmʲ(ə)ɾʲə/[2][3][4]

Noun

dréimire m (genitive singular dréimire, nominative plural dréimirí)

  1. ladder

Declension

Declension of dréimire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative dréimire dréimirí
vocative a dhréimire a dhréimirí
genitive dréimire dréimirí
dative dréimire dréimirí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an dréimire na dréimirí
genitive an dréimire na ndréimirí
dative leis an dréimire
don dréimire 		leis na dréimirí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of dréimire
radical lenition eclipsis
dréimire dhréimire ndréimire

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dréimire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 142, page 73
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 87
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 283, page 100

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