drong

See also: Drong

English

Noun

drong (plural drongs)

  1. (obsolete, dialect, Shetland, Orkney) A rock that rises from the sea.
    • 1870, B. F. De Costa, “Grand Menan: A Summer Reminiscence”, in Hours at Home, Volume 11‎, page 226:
      Among the fanciful rock forms at this place is the "Old Maid ", a colossal drong resembling the form of a woman.

References

Dutch

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -ɔŋ

Verb

drong

  1. singular past indicative of dringen

Anagrams

Faroese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾɔŋk/
  • Rhymes: -ɔŋk

Noun

drong

  1. indefinite accusative singular of drongur

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish drong, from Proto-Celtic *drungos.

Pronunciation

Noun

drong f (genitive singular droinge, nominative plural dronga or dronganna)

  1. body of people; group, set, faction; some
  2. multitude, throng

Declension
Declension of drong

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative drong dronga
Vocative a dhrong a dhronga
Genitive droinge dronga
Dative drong dronga

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an drong na dronga
Genitive na droinge na ndronga
Dative leis an drong

don drong

 leis na dronga
Alternative declension
Declension of drong

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative drong dronganna
Vocative a dhrong a dhronganna
Genitive droinge dronganna
Dative drong dronganna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an drong na dronganna
Genitive na droinge na ndronganna
Dative leis an drong

don drong

 leis na dronganna

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
drong dhrong ndrong
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 72
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 302, page 106

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “drong”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “drong” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “drong” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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