druimm

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *drosman, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ (“end, boundary”), the source of English tram, Proto-Germanic *þrumą (“butt, block”).[1] Or, possibly related to Latin dorsum (“back, ridge”).[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /drumʲ/

Noun

druimm n (genitive drommo, nominative plural drummai)

back
ridge

Inflection

Neuter i-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	druimm^N	druimm^N	drummae^L
Vocative	druimm^N	druimm^N	drummae^L
Accusative	druimm^N	druimm^N	drummae^L
Genitive	drommo^H, dromma^H	drommo^H, dromma^H	drummae^N
Dative	druimm^L	drummaib	drummaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: droim
Manx: dreeym
Scottish Gaelic: druim

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
druimm	druimm pronounced with /ð(ʲ)-/	ndruimm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 3110
MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “druimm”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page druimm

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 3110

[2] MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “druimm”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page druimm