druma

See also: Druma

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English drum.

Noun

druma m (genitive singular druma, nominative plural drumaí)

1. (music, mechanics, receptacle) drum

Declension

Declension of druma

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative druma drumaí Vocative a dhruma a dhrumaí Genitive druma drumaí Dative druma drumaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an druma na drumaí Genitive an druma na ndrumaí Dative leis an druma don druma leis na drumaí

Derived terms

• bata druma (“drumstick”)
• citealdruma (“kettledrum”)
• dord-druma (“bass drum”)
• druma beag (“side-drum”)
• druma bongó (“bongo (drum)”)
• druma chrann tógála (“drum of crane”)
• druma coscáin (“brake-drum”)
• druma fada (“long, tenor, drum”)
• druma mór (“big, bass, drum; (fife and) drum band”)
• druma ola (“oil-drum”)
• druma sreinge (“snare-drum”)
• drumadóir (“drummer”)
• éadan druma (“drum-head”)
• foireann drumaí (“drum kit”)
• maor druma (“drum-major”)
• sreangdhruma (“snare drum”)

 

Related terms

• drumadóireacht f (“(act of) drumming”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
druma	dhruma	ndruma
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “druma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “druma”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “druma”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024