dréimire

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dréimire m (genitive singular dréimire, nominative plural dréimirí)

  1. ladder

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dréimire dhréimire ndréimire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  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 (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 142, page 73
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 87
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 283, page 100

Further reading

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