dríodar
Irish
Noun
dríodar m (genitive singular dríodair)
- lees, dregs
- residue, sediment
- slops, sludge
- waste, refuse
Declension
Declension of dríodar
First declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- dríodar airgid (“residue, small amount, of money”)
- dríodar bia (“leavings of food”)
- dríodar caife (“coffee-grounds”)
- dríodar cainte (“worthless talk, jargon”)
- dríodar méise, dríodar crúiscín (“sediment at bottom of vessel, of jug; remains of liquid in vessel, jug”)
- dríodar na ndaoine (“the dregs of the population”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dríodar | dhríodar | ndríodar |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "dríodar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “dríodar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.