dríodar

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

dríodar m (genitive singular dríodair)

  1. lees, dregs
  2. residue, sediment
  3. slops, sludge
  4. waste, refuse

Declension

Declension of dríodar (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative dríodar
vocative a dhríodair
genitive dríodair
dative dríodar
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an dríodar
genitive an dríodair
dative leis an dríodar
don dríodar

Derived terms

  • dríodar airgid (“residue, small amount, of money”)
  • dríodar bia (“leavings of food”)
  • dríodar caife (“coffee-grounds”)
  • dríodar cainte (“worthless talk, jargon”)
  • dríodar méise, dríodar crúiscín (“sediment, remains of liquid”)
  • dríodar na ndaoine (“the dregs of the population”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dríodar
radical lenition eclipsis
dríodar dhríodar ndríodar

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

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