Irish
Etymology
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Noun
drólann f (genitive singular drólainne, nominative plural drólanna)
- (anatomy) colon
- (in the plural) intestines
- Synonym: ionathar
Declension
Declension of drólann (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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drólann
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drólanna
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| vocative
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a dhrólann
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a dhrólanna
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| genitive
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drólainne
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drólann
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| dative
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drólann
drólainn (archaic, dialectal)
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drólanna
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an drólann
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na drólanna
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| genitive
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na drólainne
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na ndrólann
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| dative
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leis an drólann
leis an drólainn (archaic, dialectal)
don drólann
don drólainn (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na drólanna
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See also
Mutation
Mutated forms of drólann
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| drólann
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dhrólann
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ndrólann
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “drólann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “drólann”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “drólann”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025