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^[1], page 226:

     Among the fanciful rock forms at this place is the "Old Maid ", a colossal drong resembling the form of a woman.

References

• Joseph Wright (editor). The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete Vocabulary of All Dialect Words Still in Use, Or Known to Have Been in Use During the Last Two Hundred Years: A-E.. Pg. 1078. 1898.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔŋ

Verb

drong

1. singular past indicative of dringen

Anagrams

• grond

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

• (Cork) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠɔu̯ŋ(ɡ)/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠɔŋ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɾˠʌŋ/

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

• aondrongach
• drongadóir
• éigniú droinge

Mutation

Mutated forms of drong

radical	lenition	eclipsis
drong	dhrong	ndrong

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “drong”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “drong”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “drong”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024