drong

drong (plural drongs)

1. (obsolete, dialect, Shetland, Orkney) A rock that rises from the sea.
   • 1870, B. F. De Costa, “Grand Menan: A Summer Reminiscence”, in Hours at Home, Volume 11‎^[1], page 226:

     Among the fanciful rock forms at this place is the "Old Maid ", a colossal drong resembling the form of a woman.

• Joseph Wright (editor). The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete Vocabulary of All Dialect Words Still in Use, Or Known to Have Been in Use During the Last Two Hundred Years: A-E.. Pg. 1078. 1898.

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• Rhymes: -ɔŋ

drong

1. singular past indicative of dringen

• grond

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɔŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɔŋk

drong

1. indefinite accusative singular of drongur

From Old Irish drong, from Proto-Celtic *drungos.

• (Cork) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠɔu̯ŋ(ɡ)/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠɔŋ/^[1]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠʌŋ/^[2]

drong f (genitive singular droinge, nominative plural dronga or dronganna)

1. body of people; group, set, faction; some
2. multitude, throng

Alternative declension

• aondrongach
• drongadóir
• éigniú droinge

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “drong”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “drong”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “drong”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025