dríodar

Irish

Etymology

Noun

dríodar m (genitive singular dríodair)

  1. lees, dregs
  2. residue, sediment
  3. slops, sludge
  4. waste, refuse

Declension
Declension of dríodar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative dríodar
Vocative a dhríodair
Genitive dríodair
Dative dríodar

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an dríodar
Genitive an dríodair
Dative leis an dríodar

don dríodar

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
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