druma

See also: Druma

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English drum.

Noun

druma m (genitive singular druma, nominative plural drumaí)

(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

Terms derived from druma

bata druma (“drumstick”)
citealdruma (“kettledrum”)
dord-druma (“bass drum”)
druma beag (“side-drum”)
druma chrann tógála (“drum of crane”)

druma coscáin (“brake-drum”)
drumadóir (“drummer”)
druma fada (“long, tenor, drum”)
druma mór (“big, bass, drum; (fife and) drum band”)
druma ola (“oil-drum”)

druma sreinge (“snare-drum”)
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

"druma" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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