dhrum

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From standard drum.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Mid-Ulster English) IPA(key): /d̪͆ɹɔ̈m/

Noun[edit]

dhrum (plural dhrums)

  1. (Mid-Ulster) drum
    • 1852, Dinny Blake, The Sprig of Shillelah, page 299:
      In the noise of the dhrum dhrowning love's botheration.
    • 1964, G. Brendan Adams, Ulster Dialects. An Introductory Symposium, page 2:
      (dhrum for drum)
    • 1996, C.I. Macafee, Concise Ulster Dictionary, page xi:
      often have considerable aspiration and a rolled or flapped r sounding like dhrum, thractor
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=dhrum&oldid=78594778"